It might sound like a schoolyard insult, but it’s not. An oxymoron refers to a word, phrase, or use of language that seems to directly contradict itself, and it is believed to come from the Greek ...

While on the road a while back, I stopped at a cafe in a small Virginia town. Because the tables were close together, I could hear every word at the table next to me. Seated there were a married ...

“Jumbo shrimp,” “original copies,” and “clearly confused” are examples of oxymorons. An oxymoron is a figure of speech containing words that seem to contradict each other, and you probably remember ...

An oxymoron is a phrase containing two words with seemingly opposite meanings. Oxymorons convey an element of surprise and wordplay. The unexpected nature of an oxymoron invites a reader to pause and ...

Oxymoron is one of my favorite words. It comes directly from two Greek words meaning “sharp and dull.” It is a term in which the two parts of a phrase contradict each other. Why, you may ask, are we ...

Oxymoron – a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction. We are all familiar with common oxymorons: jumbo shrimp, boneless ribs, deafening silence or sweet sorrow, ...