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Oxymoron

A contradictory statement. Two opposing ideas in one sentence.
Ex. #30 - Its an oxymoron to be a good man that’s abusive and selfish.
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Eish, the government of South Africa, eish Oxymorons!
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Any member of a corporate cabal that would allot 30% over fair budget to uphold well-disproven principles behind a crisis the lesser amount would have remedied.
So let me get this right, instead of investing $10,000 a quarter into properly filling our vacancy the toxymorons are throwing $13,000 into more shifts for the existing staff.
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A Prius owner who drives like an asshole.
That oxymoron in that hybrid just knocked over my mailbox, sideswiped my Bonneville, and kept right on going.
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Oxymoron

Two words that contradict each other. Examples below.
Examples of Oxymorons below
Civil War
Curved Line
Jumbo Shrimp
Education System
RationalWiki
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A simple minded person that says something that contradicts themselves.
Person 1: Hi Joe what’s up?
Person2: Smart people are smart, so I’m smart.
Person 1: You are an oxymoron.
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a figure of speech that conflicts or does not agree with itself, such as "friendly fire"

the word itself is an oxymoron, it literally means pointedly foolish
examples of oxymorons:
larger half
jumbo shrimp
same difference

only choice
black light
pretty ugly
exact estimate

microsoft works
virtual reality
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