It might sound like a schoolyard insult, but it’s not. An oxymoron refers to a word, phrase, or use of language that seems to directly contradict itself, and it is believed to come from the Greek ...

While on the road a while back, I stopped at a cafe in a small Virginia town. Because the tables were close together, I could hear every word at the table next to me. Seated there were a married ...

“Jumbo shrimp,” “original copies,” and “clearly confused” are examples of oxymorons. An oxymoron is a figure of speech containing words that seem to contradict each other, and you probably remember ...

Oxymorons are common in everyday language, especially in expressions we use without much thought. We might say something is “awfully good,” “bittersweet,” “an original copy,” or that “less is more.” ...