Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
oxymoron .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Now Her Majesty undoubtedly noticed that and in my favourite list of oxymorons is Scottish music.
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The legal profession has its share of the usual two-word oxymorons, such as
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The legal profession has its share of the usual two-word oxymorons, such as
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The legal profession has its share of the usual two-word oxymorons, such as
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Compassionate conservatism is one of those two word oxymorons such as military intelligence and jumbo shrimp.
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JACK CAFFERTY, CNN ANCHOR: The thing to remember in all of this is that the House Ethics Committee or the Senate Ethics Committee are oxymorons, meaningless.
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AVRAHAM BURG: Politics and realistic possibilities are kind of oxymorons, OK, even here and especially over there.
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AVRAHAM BURG: Politics and realistic possibilities are kind of oxymorons, OK, even here and especially over there.
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As oxymorons go, the silent disco is right up there, along with vegan bacon, jumbo shrimps and the living dead.
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Compelling me to do X so that you will make a better choice about Y is government compulsion, no matter what oxymorons it comes dressed in.
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