Style and stylistics

1. OXYMORON
MOUHOUBI FAIZA
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3. Oxymoron Definitions

5. The dictionary definition:
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.

7. The word oxymoron is derived from the
Greek oxumōros, which means 'obviously
foolish', a Latin equivalent would be:
contradictio in terminis.
Incidentally, the related word
sideroxylon specifically refers to a
mismatch between the noun and its
adjective, e.g. cold fire.

9. 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 favorite example is
'serious joke'.
d) An alternative zany definition for an
oxymoron: One who forgets to breathe

11.  Examples

13. CRUEL EXAMPLES OF OXYMORON
 Gourmet pizza, served by a fast waiter

Work party

Loners club
 Pretty ugly
 Silent women
 Civil servant

15. FUNNY EXAMPLES OXYMORON:
 Dry lake
 Living dead
 Numb sensation
 Same difference
 Stand down
 Metal woods
 Park drive
 Vegetarian meatballs

17. OXYMORON PHRASES:

Click the start button, and shut down

First strike defence

Alone in a crowd

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

19. AMUSING OXYMORON

Freezer burn, caused by liquid gas,
created an anxious patient

Open secret - clearly confused

Found missing

Tight slacks

We climbed down into a blocked drain

Soft rock, as shown on educational
television