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Figure of speech
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How would you use the word oxymoron in a sentence not an oxymoron but the word oxymoron not an example of an oxymoron but the word oxymoron?
George Carlin referred to "military intelligence" as an oxymoron in one of his comedy performances.
What is a sentence with the word oxymoron?
"Truthful politician would be an oxymoron," said Mr.Person.
What is an antonym for the word oxymoron?
tautology
What is a single word oxymoron?
"Off" is a single word oxymoron. An alarm is described as going "off" when, to the contrary, it is really going "on" (ringing).
What is the oxymoron awfully good?
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.
What is another word for statements seemingly contridictory?
oxymoron.
What is another form of the word oxymoron?
The adjective form is "oxymoronic."
How would you use the word oxymoron in a sentence not an oxymoron but the word oxymoron not an example of an oxymoron but the word oxymoron?
George Carlin referred to "military intelligence" as an oxymoron in one of his comedy performances.
What is the oxymoron of peace?
'Peace force' would be an oxymoron with the word 'peace' in it.
What is a sentence with the word oxymoron?
"Truthful politician would be an oxymoron," said Mr.Person.
How is an anagram different from an oxymoron?
An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction. An anagram is a word, phrase, or name formed by rearranging the letters of another, such as cinema, formed from iceman.
What is the word for a tiny shrimp?
oxymoron?
What is an antonym for the word oxymoron?
tautology
What is a single word oxymoron?
"Off" is a single word oxymoron. An alarm is described as going "off" when, to the contrary, it is really going "on" (ringing).
What Oxymoron is a two-word antonym phrase for weighty lantern?
... An oxymoron is a compound word with opposites in it, like living dead or hot ice.
How do you use the word oxymoron in a sentence?
The term 'jumbo shrimp' is an example of an oxymoron. The term 'military intelligence' is not a true oxymoron, but it seems that way sometimes. He was not the first veterinarian to discover that a 'small elephant' was an oxymoron.
Is the eye of heaven an oxymoron?
no; an oxymoron is a phrase where the words are opposites of eachother, like loud silence, same difference or living dead. even the word oxymoron is an oxymoron, it's greek for sharp blunt!
