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Well I said "rhetorical trick" => About 1,360,000 results (0.04 seconds) ... PS: you'll have the last word, go on... =)

Ok...but I doubt it :)

You probably know well, that popularity does not imply correctness; especially on the internet.

"rhetorical trick" is an oxymoron.


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Re^10: c-style for loop versus list for loop, and bigint
by Anonymous Monk on May 20, 2011 at 00:37 UTC

    Lighting is a tool used to be able to see things more clearly. So "trick of the light" is an oxymoron.

    And pay no attention to: "2) Meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress" or "1) (in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast".