print email comment close Oxymorons.info: Contradictory Words URL: http://www.oxymorons.info/ Description: "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. Library of Congress Subject Headings: English language Figures of speech Oxymoron LII Database Information: Record 15185 created by Sue Kamm on 07/23/2004 Last modification on 07/27/2004 Published: 07/23/2004   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/15185