oxymoronically

• “It was as a graduate student in physical anthropology that Scott first became aware of oxymoronically-named "creation science" in 1971.”

  Eugenie Scott: Battling for Science Education

• “The documentary “Waiting for Superman,” is yet another call for K-12 school reform aimed at closing the gap between academic achievers and non-achievers and promoting what an assistant superintendent in my school district once oxymoronically labeled “mass excellence.””

  The Washington Post: Outrage at banning spelling tests

• “In an '07 lecture at Sewanee University, Christopher Hitchens gave an oxymoronically entitled talk called "The Moral Necessity of Atheism.”

  The Huffington Post: Rabbi Adam Jacobs: Atheism's Odd Relationship With Morality

• “He uses traditional Mexican ingredients including 20 different chili peppers but strives to give each dish a twist, with the goal of creating oxymoronically fancy but casual plates.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Love Potions Just Off Broadway

• “But Steve Davis was, however oxymoronically, Sports Personality of the Year in 1988.”

  Bullseye Britain

• “He wants viewers to think oxymoronically, because he wants them to think that Al Gore's criticisms are irrational and unfounded.”

  The Huffington Post: David Fiderer: Holocaust Deniers, Global Warming Deniers, Chris Wallace: Any Difference?

• “As in "Up in the Air," Jack does make a new friend, Clara, a prostitute played by the oxymoronically named Violante Placido.”

  NPR: 'The American': An Abstract, Angst-Filled Art Thriller

• “Dev the Developer can't wait to bend the newly-revised planning laws in order to turn this landscape, much of which is a truely-green enclave of Leicester itself, into what is oxymoronically called an 'eco-city'.”

  Road to Perdition

• “Which is why these buildings are more commonly, and oxymoronically, known as slave castles.”

  Newsweek: Slave Quarters

• “If you think the historic analogy is overstated, check out this hysterical call to arms from Jeff Mazzella, head of a right wing advocacy group oxymoronically called The Center for Individual Freedom.”

  David Fiderer: Republican Deceptions on Energy: The Little, The Big, The Hysterical

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