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Yes. The common part of grammar/speech "Oxymoron", is technicality a, well, oxymoron. The first part of the phrase, "Oxy" means smart, Whereas "Moron", as we know, means dimwitted, or stupid.
The oxymoron awfully good means very good. It is an oxymoron because the word "awful" means bad, but in this context it fits next to good.
yes, oxymoron means two contradictory terms
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:
An oxymoron is a phrase where the two words seemingly contradict each other. 'Random order' is an oxymoron. Gentle giant isn't really an oxymoron, because no part of being gentle means you can't be large, and no part of being large means you can't be gentle.
No. A chalice is a type of cup; the phrase simply means a cup taht has been poisoned, and there is no oxymoron in it.
Definitely try can be considered an oxymoron. Definitely means that you are certain you can do something, and try means that you are not certain. Since these words are opposites, they are oxymoronic when used together.
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An oxymoron is a contradictory statement, the words 'open secret' contradict each other. Open means not closed or barred, whereas 'secret' means kept from knowledge and closed and barred
A little giant is an oxymoron. This sentence means something (a person who is small for a giant) even though the words "little" and "giant" are opposites.
George Carlin referred to "military intelligence" as an oxymoron in one of his comedy performances.