- 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...
- 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...
- if they don't meet
halakhic standards.
Diner points out the term is "
oxymoronic,"
creating an
illusion of
kashrut where the true
emphasis is on a style...
-
Replaced By
Hebrew Words? Ghil'ad
Zuckermann argues that this is an "
oxymoronic"
mission impossible: "If the
nature of a
language is to
evolve in a specific...
- comment. So
hidden had
basic facts been kept, that The New York
Times oxymoronically noted 41 days
after she died: "A list of
survivors was not immediately...
- song "Submissive & Breedable". bbno$ has
described his own
music as "
oxymoronic rap" that is "ignorant but melodic". bbno$ grew up
listening to straight...
- and "androgenic" as well as the term "anabolic–androgenic steroid" are
oxymoronic, as
anabolic refers to muscle-building
while androgenic refers to induction...
-
represented as a "sophisticated one-dimensional model" – a
usage that is
oxymoronic,
unless applied to [the
British model Lesley Lawson] Twiggy.
Seitz cited...
-
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...
