its real simple

[wildhorses]

Poll question: its real simple

par·a·digm
'per-&-"dIm, 'pa-r&- also -"dim
noun
paradigm or paradox--choose one and say why:shrug:


Late Latin paradigma, from Greek paradeigma, from paradeiknynai to show side by side, from para- + deiknynai to show -- more at DICTION
1 : EXAMPLE, PATTERN; especially : an outstandingly clear or typical example or archetype
2 : an example of a conjugation or declension showing a word in all its inflectional forms
3 : a philosophical and theoretical framework of a scientific school or discipline within which theories, laws, and generalizations and the experiments performed in support of them are formulated; broadly : a philosophical or theoretical framework of any kind
- par·a·dig·mat·ic /"per-&-dig-'ma-tik, "pa-r&-/ adjective
- par·a·dig·mat·i·cal·ly /-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb


par·a·dox
\ˈper-ə-ˌdäks, ˈpa-rə-\
noun
Latin paradoxum, from Greek paradoxon, from neuter of paradoxos contrary to expectation, from para- + dokein to think, seem — more at decent
Date: 1540
1: a tenet contrary to received opinion
2 a: a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true b: a self-contradictory statement that at first seems true c: an argument that apparently derives self-contradictory conclusions by valid deduction from acceptable premises
3: one (as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases

[damntexdem]

1. Buddy, can you paradigm?

How about a paradoxical paradigm?

[baldguy]

2. .