- 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...
-
Vermont mor- foolish, dull Gr**** μωρός (mōrós) moron, moronic, oxymoron,
oxymoronic, sophomore,
sophomoric mor- pause,
delay Latin morari "to delay", from...
- 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...
- 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...
-
Shapiro The
Marshall Project,
National Public Radio "for
revealing an
oxymoronic abuse of
prison inmates in
double solitary confinement –
sometimes resulting...
-
represented as a "sophisticated one-dimensional model" – a
usage that is
oxymoronic,
unless applied to [the
British model Lesley Lawson] Twiggy.
Seitz cited...
- true
story but
boxes neatly into
familiar packaging. The
title is
nearly oxymoronic: It
boldly belies how
close to
convention the film hews."
Echoing criticism...
- and "androgenic" as well as the term "anabolic–androgenic steroid" are
oxymoronic, as
anabolic refers to muscle-building
while androgenic refers to induction...
