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The best I can figure it is this: 'suspended' has a temporary sense, 'banned' has a permanent sense. While 'permanently banned' is a tautology, 'permanently sus
by chrischapman 6y ago
The best I can figure it is this: 'suspended' has a temporary sense, 'banned' has a permanent sense. While 'permanently banned' is a tautology, 'permanently suspended' is an oxymoron.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/suspended https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/suspended
suspended = Caused to stop for a while; interrupted or delayed.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/banned https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/banned
banned = Forbidden; not allowed.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oxymoron https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oxymoron
oxymoron = A figure of speech in which two words or phrases with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tautology https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tautology
tautology = Redundant use of words
- etiam 6y agoOn the other hand 'banned for [duration]' and 'temporary ban' have definitely been in use for a long time, which I personally have never thought seems wrong. If those uses are in play, 'permanently banned' can actually be motivated for disambiguation. And I would suggest '[permanent] suspension' may have connotations of a statement about reversibility. 'We have the ability to reverse this action [but we intend not to exercise that ability, ever].'