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What (who) is oxymoron$57058$ - definition

BAND THAT PLAYS PUNK ROCK
Oxymoron(band)

Wooden iron         
POLEMICAL TERM IN PHILOSOPHICAL RHETORIC
Sideroxylon (oxymoron)
Wooden iron (German: hölzernes Eisen) is a polemical term often used in philosophical rhetoric to describe the impossibility of an opposing argument. The term is a German proverbial oxymoron, which synthesizes the concept of the "wooden", which is organic, with the concept of "iron" which is inorganic.
oxymoron         
  • Oxymorons are acutely silly words that communicate contradiction.
RHETORICAL DEVICE THAT USES AN OSTENSIBLE SELF-CONTRADICTION TO ILLUSTRATE A RHETORICAL POINT OR TO REVEAL A PARADOX
Oxymora; Oxymorons; Oxymoronic; Oximoron; Oxy moron; Oxymoronical; Oxymoronicness; Oxymoronically; Oxymoronicity
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¦ noun a figure of speech or expressed idea in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction: 'affordable caviar' need not be an oxymoron.
Derivatives
oxymoronic adjective
Origin
C17: from Gk oxumoron, neut. (used asnoun) of oxumoros 'pointedly foolish', from oxus 'sharp' + moros 'foolish'.
oxymoron         
  • Oxymorons are acutely silly words that communicate contradiction.
RHETORICAL DEVICE THAT USES AN OSTENSIBLE SELF-CONTRADICTION TO ILLUSTRATE A RHETORICAL POINT OR TO REVEAL A PARADOX
Oxymora; Oxymorons; Oxymoronic; Oximoron; Oxy moron; Oxymoronical; Oxymoronicness; Oxymoronically; Oxymoronicity
(oxymorons)
If you describe a phrase as an oxymoron, you mean that what it refers to combines two opposite qualities or ideas and therefore seems impossible. (TECHNICAL)
This has made many Americans conclude that business ethics is an oxymoron.
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Wikipedia

Oxymoron (band)

Oxymoron was a German punk rock band formed in 1992. The band was founded by Sucker (vocals) and his cousin Björn (drums), along with two friends, Martin (guitar) and Filzlaus (bass).