Oxymoron

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http://www.answers.com/topic/oxy-1

Oxy has several meanings:

Chemistry:
Oxy is the Greek name for acid.
Oxy or oxo is a term used to describe a ketone functional group.
OXY is a trademark for a preparation of benzoyl peroxide used to treat acne
Oxy is a slang name for Oxycodone.
Oxy is a slang name for Oxygen Acetylene welding.
Oxy is the name of a character from The Molecularium
Short for "occidental", as in the following:
Occidental College, located in Los Angeles, California
Occidental Petroleum Corporation, an oil company which uses the word "Oxy" in its logo surrounded by two blue arcs.

Oxy Publishing is a major Greek publishing company.
Game Boy Micro codename for the system
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.

So, "Occidental" means West, huh? And "Oriental" means East, right?

Sooo, ummm, an oxymoron is a moron from the Western hemisphere... and, ummm, an Oriental moron from the Eastern hemisphere would be an orimoron?

Ummmmm......

Me confused. Me go now. Milk and cookies and nap time.
 
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