I received so many queries about "How is this an oxymoron?" that I made up this little message to help questioners understand why this entry actually is two oxymorons in one!
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Plastic is one substance; Glass is another.
Think of a “plastic glass” in the same way you might think of “plastic silverware”, another oxymoron.
PLASTIC: A plastic material is any of a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic amorphous solids used in the manufacture of industrial products.
GLASS: Strictly speaking, a glass is defined as an inorganic product of fusion which has been cooled through its glass transition to the solid state without crystallising.[2][3][4][5][6] Many glasses contain silica as their main component and glass former
Because I was going for two oxymorons at once, this is the explanation for the rest of my title:
Think of “Black” as the absence of “Light”
Then think of “Light” as the absence of “Black”
Therefore Black Light is an oxymoron.
BLACK LIGHT: A "black light" or "UV light" is a lamp emitting electromagnetic radiation that is almost exclusively in the soft near ultraviolet range, and emits very little visible light
Incidentally, I used Black Light to make this photograph. It was not easy to do!
(quick definitions come from that font of wisdom: Wikipedia)
Okay, teaching moment is over. Thanks for reading this.
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can't get the oxymoron here. odd choice of shot. the small bit of blue on the left is distracting. 5 ETA thanks for the explanation, makes me feel a little dopey that i missed something as simple as "plastic glass" and well, i DO consider myself a little intelligent honestly i SHOULD have gotten "black light" i'm disappointed in myself and disappointed i only gave this a 5 obviously more thought was put into it than i gave you credit for, even though i've been spending time on each shot i'm going to move forward taking a little more time to see what i might be missing
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