- or the
surname Noyes as
composed of "no" plus "yes", or
refers to some
oxymoronic candidates as puns
through the
conversion of
nouns into verbs, as in "divorce...
- ****ing with
faint praise is an
English idiom,
expressing oxymoronically that half-hearted or
insincere praise may act as
oblique criticism or condemnation...
-
download of new content. Furthermore, this led to the
creation of the
oxymoronic term "on-disc DLC" for
content included on the game's
original files but...
- has
released two more singles. bbno$ has
described his own
music as "
oxymoronic rap" that is "ignorant but melodic". bbno$ grew up
listening to straight...
-
Following this example,
Quixote would suggest 'The
Great Quijano', an
oxymoronic play on
words that
makes much
sense in
light of the character's delusions...
- desires.
Julius Caesar, The
Gallic War 3.18
festina lente hurry slowly An
oxymoronic motto of Augustus. It
encourages proceeding quickly, but
calmly and cautiously...
- be more
appealing to the user and
market than the reverse. As to the
oxymoronic title,
Gabriel calls it a caricature,
declaring the
style bad in comparison...
- and dwarfness, as
apropos for the imp. So the name Rumpel-stilts is an
oxymoronic juxtaposition,
embodying the
dichotomy of "shortness-tallness". Succinctly...
-
terminology that would, in some
historical contexts, have been
regarded as
oxymoronic, or at
least paradoxical, and
viewed with a
degree of scare-quoted skepticism...
- Jackson's re****tion for
moving his
troops so
rapidly earned them the
oxymoronic nickname "foot cavalry". He
became the most
celebrated soldier in the...
