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Well, when someone says something like "jumbo shrimp" that is called an oxymoron. An oxymoron kind ofcancelsitself out by (in the above example) calling a shrimp (usuallyreferringto something/someone who is short or small) jumbo (refers to something/someone larger or bigger then usual.) Therefore, it is saying that the shrimp(small) is jumbo (large.) Hope I helped!! Happy Wikiing! (I know...wikiing is not a real word!) :P

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