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the classic proof that english will happily contradict itself for the right marketing opportunity.
means an oxymoron pairing a word for hugeness with a crustacean literally named for being tiny, used to sell bigger prawns.
from shrimp meant small since the 1300s, jumbo entered english in 1882 via p.t. barnum's famous elephant, and seafood marketers smashed them together in the 20th century because jumbo sold better than large prawn.
barnum connectionjumbo the elephant named the whole size category
linguistic termtextbook example in oxymoron lists since 1960s
still tinyjumbo shrimp are smaller than most prawns anyway