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    Oct192005

    Just Don’t Inhale

    DateWednesday, October 19, 2005 at 05:01PM
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    Quote:  "For most teens…you can have oral sex and be a virgin." Natalie Fuller, 19, a sophomore at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, Calif., quoted in USA Today.

    Figure of Speech:  enantiosis (eh nan tie OH sis), the figure of contraries.

    Showing how much our young people have in common with Bill Clinton, Ms. Fuller uses a neat enantiosis, an ironic device that combines seemingly incompatible concepts.  An enantiosis is a figure of thought much the way an oxymoron is a figure of speech.  Both mix oil and water to produce pure gold.

    Snappy Answer:   "And a lap dance is light petting."

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