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Oxymorons.info: Contradictory Words
"An Oxymoron is a combination of contradictory or incongruous words, such as 'Cruel Kindness' or 'Jumbo Shrimp.' ... It is a literary figure of speech in which opposite or contradictory words, terms, phrases or ideas are combined to create a rhetorical effect by paradoxical means." This site provides lists of oxymorons, new examples of words and quotations, and a forum to discuss them. Searchable, and browsable by subject or alphabetically.
http://www.oxymorons.info/

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