.. or are they only used to describe impossibilities?
218029
I doubt it, I think it's just one problem that someone put forward to explain why Time Travel would be impossible, some of the first examples given were the Grandfather Paradox and the Butterfly effect but loads of Oxymoron's exist such as "American Military Intelligence!"  but what's the point of being an oxygen breather if you can't be a moron :0)
62806
it is possible but worthless.
183424
From a rhetorical point of view, yes. From a scientific one? Maybe.\n\nI would expect that you'd need to quantify "as much functionality." It seems too broad and untestable.
387280
No. They are not as efficient as you might think they are.
548332
Mostly, but not necessarily.  It depends on how it's said, in what situation, etc.\n\nFor example, if I'd just spent a fun day full of laughter and sweetness with a best guy friend at an amusement park or something similar, and then, unexpectedly, he turned and asked 'Would you ever date me?", I'd think it meant something.\n\nIf we're laughing and joking as we watch 'The Bachelor' or some other stupid show on TV and he asks "Would you ever date me?", I wouldn't expect it meant anything.\n\nDoes that make sense?  Most remarks probably fall somewhere in between those two scenarios, making it hard to understand, but it could just be that the person wants to know about their own desirability, and is using you as a mirror to tell them their strengths and flaws.
669899
I think there are lies, damn lies and statistics.\n\nIf it is accurate as you claim, what's with all the contradictions?
242574
At times...\nMostly not\n\nChhose a funnky name usually
594720
No.\n\nI can always find a real world explanation for things that seem "mysterious" to me. You just have to be willing to question things and go out and look for the real answer.
573835
This may mean it is highly unlikely for something to happen, a metaphor.
68877
Never heard it in common usage.  Maybe in technical jargon:\nTry:  'There were many problems in trying to do this in Canada'.   Then go on to describe the difficulties.
139777
this is my humble understanding,Ok, what I understand from the Relevancy; collateral matters. there must be an evidence such a relativity to the fact in issue as to persuade belief in its being or absence. Evidence on collateral matters shall not be permissible, except for when it tends to be any reasonable degree to establish the probability or improbability of the fact in issue.
586149
It's possible, but unlikely.
445442
The individuals that use such words feel that this is the only way they can get people to understand them.  Many use it as a way of letting off steam, but all it does is give an adverse opinion of the user and sums up their capacity to communicate.  As far as their meanings, there are many but you can bet that those making use of said words do not know their exact meaning but just their twisted definition.
520515
Yes.  It's a not so subtle way of telling certain people that they are not good enough to make something of themselves.  That they need government handouts.  This secures votes for certain candidates.
447679
Good question. Maybe they're misadvertising.
545382
In general, that is true.  But there are people that just analyze any situation to death and never act upon it.  Figure it out the best you can an get on with it.\n\nToo many details can also just muddy up the equation.
238986
No.\nThere is none.\nBut there are a bunch of reasons to believe it as fiction.