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"Constructions" is my name for organizing turns of phrase into meaningful categories.

Contents of this section:

Double Entendre
Homo...
Contradictions
Tropes
Wordy

"Homo" words -- Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs

Wordy -- One man's catchy phrase is another man's overly complex phrase.

Oxymoron -- a combination for epigrammatic effect (that is, a terse, sage, or witty often paradoxical saying) of contradictory or incongruous words (as cruel kindness, laborious idleness).

Contradictions in Terms -- Oxymora and more.

Tropes -- Words for ways to put words together: Figures of Speech, Literary Devices, etc.

Internet References

World Wide Words: turns of phrase 

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