Here are some of our favorite oxymoron examples from everyday life and pop culture. RELATED: Palindrome Examples: Words and Phrases That Are the Same Backwards and Forwards RELATED: The Most ...

This seemingly contradictory sentence (reminds me of Dzof Azmi’s “Contradictheory” in StarMag) listed as an example to elucidate the meaning of “oxymoron” (Concise Oxford English ...

The contradictions in the examples given are apparent, yet the oxymorons are acceptable in the sense that they are figures of speech, not to be taken literally. Figure of speech is used to denote ...

This speech by Romeo has lots of examples of oxymorons. In this play Shakespeare uses a combination of rhyme and prose to tell us more about certain characters. The servants don’t speak in rhyme ...

Alusi, Annissa, Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson, and Tiona Zuzul. "Sustainable Cities: Oxymoron or the Shape of the Future?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-062, December 2010.