Sponsored Links ∇ English contains a rich supply of figures of speech, but few have as many amusing possibilities as an oxymoron, for example:. Dry lake. Fuzzy logic. Living dead.
Free gift. Numb sensation. Same difference, once again. Stand down. Metal woods (Golfers).
Books on tape. Crash landing (As a result of friendly fire from a peacekeeping missile?).
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Detailed summary. Anarchy rules!. Park drive. Stationary orbit. Jumbo shrimp, followed by vegetarian meatballs, and for desert, grape nuts.
Pretty ugly. Will and Guy recommend by Jim McMullan. Punk music (Live recording). Civil servant. Gourmet pizza, served by a fast waiter.
Airline food. User friendly. Non-working mother. Microsoft Works on a Vista operating system. Political Co-operation (Political science). Work party.
Loners club. Labour Party (or Conservative Party or Liberal Party). Silent women, at least not in married life. French resistance. Swiss navy. Greater Cleveland (In UK - Greater Manchester).
California style I can picture my friend 'Barking' Eddie, it's a pretty ugly sight. I see him half naked, sipping non-alcoholic beer from his plastic glass. Then from time-to-time he nibbles on his cold hotdog, which is smothered in hot chili sauce. For pudding Eddie will be having freezer burnt, white chocolate, ice cream, with a plain fudge topping. Next week Eddie is organizing a working party for Hell's angels. This is a new tradition, they will be spending a whole half-day on the top floor of his low-rise office.
They are hoping to watch a live recording of a programme about turning green oranges into non-stick glue. Ten.
A stripper's dressing room. Click the start button, and shut down. First strike defence.
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Former President-for-life (Haiti). Alone in a crowd. Xenophobic Foreign Secretary (Xenophobic = hates strangers).
Personalized form letter. I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous!. Always remember you're unique.just like everyone else!. An oral contract isn't worth the paper its written on Another Batch of Amusing Oxymorons. Freezer burn, caused by liquid gas, created an anxious patient.
Open secret - clearly confused. Found missing - minor crisis averted.
Tight slacks - Pretty ugly. We climbed down into a blocked drain. Soft rock, as shown on educational television. Monopoly (Mono Poly?) And why is there only one monopolies commission?. Head butt Here are funny requests that are often given to newbies, or as part of initiative rites for new employees. Other names for this mischief include: fool's errand, snipe hunt or a wild goose chase. You can picture the scenario, 'Hey Sonny, go down to the stores and ask Joe for a dozen.'
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Long weights (wait!). Hen's teeth. Eels' feet. Bags of steam. Gallons of dehydrated water. Left-handed hammers.
Shelf stretchers. Muffler bearings, or a piston return springs. Sky hooks - low cloud type.
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Bubbles for spirit levels. Jars of elbow grease. Striped paint. Gallons of jet wash The dictionary definition of oxymoron is:- A rhetorical figure of speech in which contradictory terms are paired, for example, alone together, current history or boneless ribs.
However, with an oxymoron the incongruous word pairing conveys a truth or a dramatic result. It is possible to sub-divide English oxymorons into three main categories: a) Pure puns such as gourmet pizza.
B) Accidents, like an original copy. C) Paradoxes, my favourite example is 'serious joke'. D) An alternative zany definition for an oxymoron: One who forgets to breathe! The word oxymoron is derived from the Greek oxumōros, which means 'obviously foolish', a Latin equivelent would be: contradictio in terminis. Incidentally, the related word sideroxylon specifically refers to a mismatch between the noun and its adjective, e.g. As I ponder the word oxymoron, I cannot decide which plural is the better Oxymora or oxymorons. I also cannot get the syllable 'moron' out of my mind.
Footnote: Now that you are alerted to the humour in oxymorons, I hope that you will spot them on advertising hoardings, in newspaper headlines, and on T.V. If you see an good examples, then please send them to us: For example Look at the giant midget settle on the jumbo shrimp Sent by Johnathan C Student teacher Several ex-pupils pointed out!
Peace force Zara E, who calls it an oximoron Another Batch of Oxymorons. Plastic glasses. Extinct life. Clearly misunderstood.
Genuine imitation. Act naturally. Reported in The Scotsman newspaper by Aura Sabadus: Mallemaroking may not be a word that crops up often in everyday conversation, but a prestigious reference book based in Edinburgh is fighting to save it, along with other quirky entries.
The expression, which means 'carousing of seamen in ice-bound ships', is on a save list compiled by the Chambers Dictionary in an attempt to preserve linguistic heritage, and to amuse Scrabblers or crossword setters. Ian Brookes, the dictionary's editor, said the publication, 'resisted the temptation to toss words out, even if that meant adding more pages'. He added: 'Some of the words have a certain relish about them and it would be sad to lose them.
The Chambers Dictionary is one of the few reference books to preserve such words.' Mr Brookes said rare words were often looked up by people drawing up family trees. Also on the save list are jobernowl (blockhead), logodaedalus (someone skilled in the manipulative use of words), incompossible (incapable of co-existing) and supernaculum (to the last drop).
But the new edition, will include new words such as 'stooze' - to borrow money at a cheap rate. Onomatopoeic Sounds Onomatopoeia is figure of speech where the word sounds like the thing that it is describing. For example, 'Miaow' 'moo', or 'slosh'. Here are examples from advertising. 'Snap crackle pop.' Kelloggs cleverly use this onomatopoeia in their Rice Krispies adverts.
'Plink, plink, fizz, fizz'. Alka Seltzer, UK. Added by Will and Guy:. Ordinary people.
Who is ordinary? Who is not ordinary?. Zero tolerance. I had no choice.
In all honesty. Abstinence. Bipartisan. As we speak. Arguably. Level playing field. Someone once said often followed by an obscure quotation.
Just doing my job. Have a nice day. Hindsight is 20/20. Don't go there. I'm good Footnote: Please send us your funny oxymoron examples.
An oxymoron is a figure of speech combining terms that are usually contradictory of one another. Some examples are: jumbo shrimp / colossal shrimp /extremely average /same difference / living dead / bad health / calculated risk / cruel to be kind / the sound of silence deafening silence / open secret /almost pregnant / brutally handsome / blind eye / guest host / realistic fiction / unbiased opinion. Some examples you will find are offered as oxymorons to make a point, such as: honest lawyer military intelligence business ethics religious tolerance Microsoft Works What an Oxymoron Is The original oxymoron is 'sweet and sour' (the Greek elements are: 'oxy' = acid, sharp and 'moron' = sweet, soft) - nowadays 'bittersweet' is perhaps the most common example, describing something that gives us pleasure but also has elements of sadness, regret or disappointment. An oxymoron is therefore a phrase usually involving two terms that seem to be contradictory or paradoxical but are both true. It should be distinguished from 'a contradiction in terms' which means that one term or the other is likely to be untrue, that one term logically excludes the other one (the classic joke is 'military intelligence'), however people often use the term 'oxymoron' for a 'contradiction in terms'. Perhaps what is most paradoxical and a little ironic is that oxymorons are often used in the English language and they are usually perfectly well understood, even though they are contradictory. But, then again, the boundaries of language and the shifting landscape of experience never quite match up, so it's a useful method of making people think about what you are trying to describe.
The following sentences and phrases are examples of oxymorons. The oxymorons are underlined and there is a brief explanation of why the underlined is considered an oxymoron. His novel created a mild sensation in literary circles. A sensation is usually defined as an intense feeling.
Something that is mild is lukewarm. The lady is 90 years young. 90 years is considered to be old, so it is oxymoronic to put 'young' after years.
A woman killed with kindness. Killing somebody is murder and is seen as an unkind act.
The silence was deafening. Something that is deafening is usually thought of to be a loud noise, but silence is completely quiet. He was clearly misunderstood. To be misunderstood means that people felt that what you said was unclear or was confusing. We were fishing and caught some jumbo shrimp.
Shrimp are small creatures and the word 'shrimp' is also used as an adjective for something that is small. Something that is jumbo is big. Bob took a working vacation. A vacation is a resting period where you can get away from work. Rough embrace An embrace is caring and gentle opposed to being rough. Friendly fire A term usually used when a soldier is killed by a fellow soldier.
Shooting at people is unfriendly, yet there is friendly fire. Non-violent restraint Restraint is often times violent since you are witholding somebody from doing what they want to do. Cold heat How can heat, that is hot, be cold?. Icy fire Something that is 'icy' is cold, whereas 'fire' is hot. Feather of lead A feather is light in terms of weight, whereas lead is heavy. Don't be a Moving Statue. This is a term often used in Baseball.
Statues are incapable of moving body parts. To be moving is to be in action. Thus the irony. 'Hells Angels' Hell Is In The Bottom Of The World And Angels Live In Heaven. Here is a long paragraph with lots of them: I can picture my friend 'Barking' Eddie, it's a pretty ugly sight.
I see him half-naked, sipping non-alcoholic beer from his plastic glass. Then from time-to-time he nibbles on his cold hotdog, which is smothered in hot chili sauce. For pudding Eddie will be having freezer-burnt, white chocolate ice cream, with a plain fudge topping. Next week Eddie will be chaotically organizing a working holiday for Hell's Angels. This is a new tradition, as they will be spending a whole half-day on the top floor of his low-rise office.
They are hoping to watch a live recording of a programme about turning green oranges into non-stick glue. Observations in Literature. O brawling love! O loving hate!. O heavy lightness! Serious vanity!
Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms! Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health! Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is! This love feel I, that feel no love in this.' (William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet). 'A yawn may be defined as a silent yell.'
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