When two opposite words are used in one phrase. An example of an oxymoron is "clearly confused"
some oxymorons are small crowd, pretty ugly, freezer burn, and jumbo shrimp.
Oxymorons may appear in some common proverbs. An example would be "act natural".
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Oxymorons are phrases that contradict eachother in the same sentence. Since a used car is never "new", this, indeed, is an oxymoron.
An oxymoron (plural oxymorons or oxymora) (from Greek ὀξύμωρον, "sharp dull") is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms. Oxymorons appear in a variety of contexts, including inadvertent errors such as extremely average and literary oxymorons crafted to reveal a paradox. Example: Deafening silence
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