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For three thousand years, great thinkers and writers have relied on metaphor to articulate profound thoughts, give voice to powerful emotions, and creatively explain complex ideas. But metaphorical language is not the sole province of poets, philosophers, and playwrights. If you’ve ever tried to describe what it’s like to have a broken heart, a thankless child, or a glorious triumph, you know how valuable—and compelling—the perfect metaphor ca...

From the author of "Oxymoronica, Viva La Repartee, " and "I Never Metaphor I Didn't Like" comes a fun compendium of time-honored wisdom beginning with the word if.

Grothe offers this clever, comprehensive, and fun compilation of the use of metaphor, analogy, and simile throughout literary history.

For most of us, that perfect retort or witty reply often escapes us when we need it most, only to come to mind with perfect clarity when it's too late to be useful. The twentieth-century writer Heywood Broun described this all-too-common phenomenon when he wrote "Repartee is what we wish we'd said."In Viva la Repartee, Dr. Mardy Grothe, author of Oxymoronica, has lovingly assembled a collection of masterfully composed -- and perfectly timed --...

ox-y-mor-on-i-ca (OK-see-mor-ON-uh-kuh) noun: Any variety of self-contradictory statements or observations that on the surface appear false or illogical, but at a deeper level are profoundly true.For more than a decade Dr. Mardy Grothe has delighted readers with this collection of 1, 500 of the most provocative quotations of all time. From ancient thinkers and great writers to modern social observers, Oxymoronica celebrates the power and beaut...

A "must have" for language lovers, this is a compilation of some of the most contradictory yet profound observations through history.

Hayatin Celiskisini Yakalayan SözlerGercekci Ol, Imkansizi IsteChenin basliktaki bu sözü veya Mehmet Akifin Cehaletin bu kadari tedrisatla olur ancak deyisi tezat sanatinin en iyi, en bilinen örneklerindendir. Ilk anda yanlis, celisik ve hatta sacma gibi gelen ama biraz düsünce derin anlami olan sözlerden, deyislerden olusan bu kitap gündelik yasaminizi renklendirecek, dilinizi zenginlestirecek, daha keyifli sohbetlere kapi acacak. Mizahtan as...

What do Mae West, John F. Kennedy, Victor Hugo, and H. L. Mencken have in common? They all indulged in chiasmus-a literary device in which word order is reversed to hilarious or poignant effect. When Mae West said, "It's not the men in my life, it's the life in my men, " she was using chiasmus, when John F. Kennedy said, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country, " he was doing the same. Dr. Mardy Grothe h...

Never let 'em see you sweat."Never change diapers in mid-stream."Never let a crisis go to waste."Never ruin an apology with an excuse."Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died."When we strongly encourage people to do something, it's called an exhortation. But what is the proper term for strongly discouraging people? One candidate is admonition. Another is dehortation, the opposite of exhortation. But perhaps the best term for an emph...