oxymoron  


  1. bringing together two conflicting concepts such as frozen and fire for the sake of a rhetorical effect.
    other possible examples could be:
    the sound of silence
    a silent scream
    sharing a loneliness (oneself)
    real imaginations
    and
    good cooking men *

    (semiautomatic 06/10/2008 13:33)
  2. whats that over that hill? it's a poll! *
    (jesterdvine 06/10/2008 14:16 ~ 06/10/2008 14:17)
  3. the most socially accepted example in world wide is war for peace.
    (mistaken identity 06/10/2008 14:33)
  4. And much more oxymorons (though twisted) can be found in George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984

    freedom is slavery
    war is peace

    goes on an' on...
    (jesterdvine 06/10/2008 14:38)
  5. A moron with an ox. It may also mean a moron resembling an ox. However, it usually means all those things either anonymously or from a safe distance from the said moron.
    (timeisnahonyourside 13/10/2008 04:46 ~ 13/10/2008 06:52)
  6. A figure of speech which yokes two contradictory terms;

    - little big man
    - wise fool
    - original copy
    - thunderous silence
    - silent scream
    (freebird 10/12/2008 00:53)
  7. The Deafening Silence
    (freebird 20/01/2009 19:01)
  8. damned beautiful
    (freebird 07/03/2009 02:28)
  9. eziksin fenerbahce
    (tear of the dark 17/05/2010 05:37)
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