It might sound like a schoolyard insult, but it’s not. An oxymoron refers to a word, phrase, or use of language that seems to directly contradict itself, and it is believed to come from the Greek ...

Hello and welcome to the English Language Clinic. This week?s question is ?Which is correct, ?I know it is true? or ?I know that it is true??? The simple answer is that they are both correct. The word ...

“Jumbo shrimp,” “original copies,” and “clearly confused” are examples of oxymorons. An oxymoron is a figure of speech containing words that seem to contradict each other, and you probably remember ...

We moderns (and even we postmoderns) love top-ten lists. David Letterman has even managed to prop up a wilting career by providing one daily. This list reaches fearlessly into the land of the oxymoron ...

While on the road a while back, I stopped at a cafe in a small Virginia town. Because the tables were close together, I could hear every word at the table next to me. Seated there were a married ...

Commentable: Now we understand why a Malaysiakini writer has proclaimed Najib Razak as a great PM. But this is where his greatness lies, the ability to say such things (civil servants should not take ...