i think it"A figure of speech in which two words of opposing meanings are used together to express two contrasting qualities in one concept." An example "Bitter-sweet" is an example of an oxymoron; memories that are bitter-sweet are both painful and pleasant to recall.
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I didn't do any research and I think it means a compound word that doesnt make sence. Like the term "Biglittle" man.
i could work in a bar and then ask...how are you doing..in a sarcastic way
Oxymorons are word that mean something that really don't mean something like clean dirt
oxymoron is a shotr phrase used to contradict yourself for example "russian democracy"
i think it"A figure of speech in which two words of opposing meanings are used together to express two contrasting qualities in one concept." An example "Bitter-sweet" is an example of an oxymoron; memories that are bitter-sweet are both painful and pleasant to recall.
An oxymoron is a collocation of words that have contradictory or sharply incongrous meanings..
* boyish grandpa
*alltogether
_keliangie
icy hot
-Roberto D.
The deafening silance of the applause nearly caused me to go deaf.
Elvira Dipres
i think oxy moron is just a dum word or like fancy talk..............jennifer
Biggie Smalls is an oxymoron because he was a big, but his last name was Smalls. They both have opposite meanings..
Example : Loud whisper
Marisol
A few examples would be....
-Pretty ugly
-living dead
-Alone Together
and a diliberate one would be
-"So fair anf ful a day i have not seen". a quote by Shakespear.
-janelis
this is my example for oxymoron ex: your shirt is a little big
One example is agree to disagree.
justine rodriguez
this is my example : your shirt is a little big
aiesha r
example;sweet and spicy
genesis salazar
"bitter-sweet" this is an example of oxymoron,because it describes good but bad ....jessica Jimenez
CARLOS:A OXYMORON IS A CONTRADICTION A OPPOSITE OF SOMETHING.
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