oxymoron

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10 mentions 1 recordings first heard Aug 2026 last heard 18 Aug ↑10 vs the 6 months before

Figure of speech combining contradictory terms

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Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · oxymoron · 1:37 · 18 Aug
…Today, however, what is commonly cited as an oxymoron is often simply a curiosity of language, where one or both elements have multiple meanings, as in shrimp or…
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Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · oxymoron · 1:26 · 18 Aug
…Oxymoron originally applied to a meaningful paradox condensed into a couple of words, as in lonely crowd or sweet sorrow.…
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Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · oxymoron · 1:24 · 18 Aug
…Oxymoron nicely self-descriptive.…
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Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · oxymoron · 1:14 · 18 Aug
…The roots of oxymoron, oxys meaning sharp or keen, and……
Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · oxymoron · 0:59 · 18 Aug
…The ancient Greeks exhaustively classified the elements of rhetoric or……
Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · oxymoron · 0:42 · 18 Aug
…Even the most environmentally aware beauty editors I know, perhaps……
Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · oxymoron · 0:30 · 18 Aug
…In broader usage, oxymoron can also refer to something, such……
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