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Nomski0: Life's too short.....so is your pénis

You are so brainless,the last time you recited a lullaby you went febrile!

Nomski0: You're so stupíd that you threw a ball at the ground and you missed.

Kslib: Your brain still has stretch marks cos of how it stretched the last time you tried to figure out who looked more manly btw your mum and Taribo west..
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All izz well!

Nomski0: You're so stupíd that you threw a ball at the ground and you missed.

You are so ugly,Bance has hope afterall!

mickeyIso: Personal text: 4.8ft tall... doz he even knw his height

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Metaphycist: Ehen....u r d Israel Olumese I hv on fb dat hs been poking me.....gen,gen,gen ayaf catch u nw.

lol......good evening sir

Adex097: Mrs olumese? Your wife to be?

You're right

Mehlena: hmmm bro dis ur dream ehn. u wont be 35 yrs b4 2019 nah

If you see me you go know i be old guy.

Faith93: mmh..dnt mind Dem Jo

Tell them jor.....

Ken excel: yap..u rite i skipped aguiyi ironsi...bt u are wrng conernin dat of tafawa balewa..he was a prime minister and nt a head of state..

PM is prime minister.But you also tried.You typed what you could remember,same with me.Google can help sometimes you know,i have not touched my govt and history lately.

Adex097: FIXED

oh my bad.I forgot to add myself to the list.
Israel Olumese-2019
Mrs Olumese-2027
My cousin-2035

Ken excel: .
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Nnamdi azikwe
yakubu Gowon
Gen murtala mohammed
obansanjo olusengu
shehu shagari
muhammed buhari
Ibrahim babangida
ernest shonekan
sanni Abacha
Abdusalam Abubakar
olusegun obj
umaru musa Yar'adua
jonathan Ebele Goodluck Azikiwe
prof Ken...incumbent

Nnamdi Azikiwe-President
Tafawa Balewa-PM
Aguiyi Ironsi
Yakubu Gowon
Muritalala Mohammed
Olusegun Obasanjo
Shehu Shagari
Muhammadu Buhari
Ibrahim Babangida
Ernest Shonekan
Sanni Abacha
Abdusalami Abubakar
Olusegun Obasanjo
Umaru Yar'adua
Goodluck Jonathan
Goodluck Jonathan

Ken excel: .
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Nnamdi azikwe
yakubu Gowon
Gen murtala mohammed
obansanjo olusengu
shehu shagari
muhammed buhari
Ibrahim babangida
ernest shonekan
sanni Abacha
Abdusalam Abubakar
olusegun obj
umaru musa Yar'adua
jonathan Ebele Goodluck Azikiwe
prof Ken...incumbent

Nnamdi Azikiwe-President
Tafawa Balewa-PM
Aguiyi Ironsi
Yakubu Gowon
Muritalala Mohammed
Olusegun Obasanjo
Shehu Shagari
Muhammadu Buhari
Ibrahim Babangida
Ernest Shonekan
Sanni Abacha
Abdusalami Abubakar
Olusegun Obasanjo
Goodluck Jonathan
Goodluck Jonathan

Faith93: Ok affrey try dis..*aguyi ironsi's decree 34 was abt wah??

Unification

odizeey: Since una no fit ask
What was the name given to d meeting to solve ojukwu n gowons rift,d host nation n head of state

Aburi Conference and the host nation was Ghana.The Head of State was errm,cant remember now,the only thing that comes to my mind is Major General Kotoka.

Droga dray: Major gen ibrahim babagida created 2 states...nd d 1st northen doctor is Iceprince,,Aboki

Alhaji R.A.B Dikko

mickeyIso: kwame nkrumah's a dr

Hayford is a lawyer

odizeey: ask beta tyn,concerning ur country,if ask u hw many of names of soldiers wen hitler knw u go fail o

lol

odizeey: i no fit argue oya ans dis
name an african who was among d founding fadas of non alligned movement

Kwame Nkrumah and Colonel Nasser

Affrey: kwame nkhura i cant spell his name

Joseph Casely Hayford of NCBWA

mickeyIso: hmm I'll go for misunderstanding....has any1 answered dis qst?

The answer is not there sir.
Now my questions:
i.Who controlled the German Empire from 1871 to 1890?
ii.Napoleon Bonaparte was born at Ajaccio in the island of Corsica in what year?

Riley_Freeman: No sir

Thanks.

Affrey: pls i need a hint

Who sang Bachellor Ade ori?

mhizz_bernie: Something to wish for waz sang by who

You didn't answer my question up there.

MrRomantic1: i still find it hard 2 believe prophet TB joshua prophecised dt d strike would b called off in 2017, m bemuzed abt it!

@RF is that true?

@Affrey 1.which American gospel group sang Giving My Best
2.Who sang when a Woman Loves

Riley_Freeman: Thanks sir, everyone knows you are the 'oga' here.

A title you know i don't deserve.
Me--Boy
You--Boss

mhizz_bernie: rihanna

oh
I see.
Who sang the gospel hit single ''Anikpakabara''?

odizeey: u nor like dj proud ft salt boys. Na iceprince e

hahahahahahah

Affrey: aaaah odizeey take it easy na,i dunno dis one

Who sang the song ''Stay'' featuring Mikkey Ekko

Riley_Freeman: lol...I don come here this morning dey come witness comedy..Very funny. I for no like involve myself o, make people no con begin hate me more, but I have to..afterall, we are here to learn.

Someone said the answer is Euphemism.

Now what is Euphemism?


E.g The popular example... "The man kicked the bucket" .

In other words... The man died.

Another popular example.. " The girl has been deflowered..

In other words.. "The girl has been disvirgined"

Now what's the sentence of discord ..lol
This is the beginning of the end of my career.

Now..look at that definition of Euphemism n look at the statement itself.

Yea, as at first glance..one may think it's euphemism.

But is the speaker intending to express his predicament in a more pleasant way ?.

No! He is saying the situation exactly as it is.. 'This is it!' 'this is the end for me'

if he wanted to Euphemize the statement(i.e make it look pleasant) .. He would have said something entirely different.

Or would you tell me.. "end of career" sounds pleasant to you.

Now over to Oxymoron.



For the red coloured words.. "contradictory"...in other words ; "Opposite"

e.g good/evil, tall/short, etc

N.B; the words must not necessarily be opposite to eachother. But should atleast "seem" opposite.

E.g necessary/evil.. Nice/fool

And for the blue coloured words.. "placed side by side"

Now, that's the major aspect of oxymoron people neglect.

The words MUST be placed side by side/combined.

E.g evil good, nice fool, falsely true etc

Using them in a sentence, we have something like..

1. The gun is a necessary evil.
2. Mr. Eze is a nice fool.

Oh! I forgot to mention what "self-contradictory" .means

In a lame man's words.. It's like saying, "Jonathan dey try o..but he no dey do anything"
(This is a paradox by the way)

what has he succeeded in doing? Contradicted himself!

N if you scrutinize that "This is the beginning of the end"..

The contradictory words isn't really combined/placed side by side.

In conclusion, an oxymoron is purely based on Self-contradictory words combined/joined together.

And now, Paradox.


lol...dont mind the definition, I don't cram much.

e.g The popular example, "The boy is the father of the man".

At first glance, you may think that's absurb. But if you examine it closely, you would see the truth therein. "the boy is the one taking care of the man"

Do I also need to state the self contradiction therein? It's obvious

Another popular example from the Bible.

Jesus said.. "Anyone who saves his life will lose it, but anyone who loses his life for my sake will find it"

it may seem absurd right? But examine it n if you still don't get it..lemme know.

And the statement in question.

This is the beginning of the end of my career.

Hmmm.. I bet the answer is now clear to you?

If it isn't..look at the definition again, atleast it's self explanatory.


And ehmmm, someone said it's Anthithesis.. Which is somehow correct, but I'd still say..not entirely correct..lol, another figure of speech just used.

I really can't remember or give a coherent definition of Anthithesis at the moment, but I'd give an example which you may use in getting the meaning.

" United we stand....divided we fall"


In anthithesis, Yes! Contradiction exists but the difference is.. One set of words is placed against another.

Which exists in the aforementioned example.


Just reason around it.


The truth is, these figure of speech that makes use of contradictions (Oxymoron, Paradox, Anthithesis ) could pose one or two problem most times.

With that said, A single statement may have up to 10 figure of speech.. It must not necessary be one. Tho' you need to find the most suitable one before picking your answer.

And if I come across a question like that.

What figure of speech is used in the statement below.

"This is the beginning of the end of my career"

A. Euphemism
B. Oxymoron
C. Paradox
D. Anthithesis


without thinking twice, I'd pick C. Because, it is the most suitable answer.


I hope I have not offended anyone?

Yes my oga is right.

mhizz_bernie: 'dis is the beginnin of the end of my career' wuld rili luv 2 no cus

Figure of speech as a paradox:
A cursory look at the statement will show a completely contradictory,ridiculous and silly statement.But a closer and detailed look will reveal some hidden truth in the statement.Except where we dont want to be true with ourselves,we must admit that the statement does not make sense at its actual examination.

odizeey: Explicit7 says d ans is paradox. Not oxymoron or antithesis.
The reason cos paradox consists of two contradictory words.(beginning-end) and dey occur at statement level.
Mickey him say the ans na paradox cos it is a statement whose meaning is senseless but contains some hidden truth as drog dray said.
Thank you

It is possible in appreciating literature to derive more than a figure of speech from a word,sentence or phrase.
Hence my answer was paradox and antithesis.

mickeyIso: self contradictory na wa o

oh my bad.It is both a paradoxical statement and antithesis

mhizz_bernie: 'dis s mainly a questn 4 d art student on ds thread bt any1 wu has an idea kud ansa what figure of speech is 'dis is the beginnin of the end of my career' wuld rili luv 2 no cus

It is both a paradox and an oxymoron!