That could very well be an oxymoron. Yes. "Jumbo shrimp" is an oxymoron because "Jumbo" means "big" and "shrimp" means "small". also, other oxymorons are:
Little Big Horn
No, an oxymoron is two words together that mean completely opposite things like big shrimp, pretty ugly, or thinly spread.
Jumbo sized shrimp, Or Baby Giant?
JV stands for junior varsity. Junior- small,lower,less Varsity- big,elite, higher rank something cant be big and small at the same time.
George Carlin referred to "military intelligence" as an oxymoron in one of his comedy performances.
what is an oxymoron for vaguely
what is the purpose of an oxymoron
There is no antonym to oxymoron
It means juxtaposed words with seemingly contradictory meanings. For example "jumbo shrimp". Jumbo means big, but then shrimps are not really big.
The Oxymoron was created in 2007.
Oxymorons are two words that are right by each other that can mean exactly opposite things like: big shrimp, pretty ugly, stupid genius, a little big, accurate estimate, awfully nice, baby giant, barely dressed, young adult, true lies, etc.