Oxymoron – contradictory terms

Pronounced “ox-ee-moor-on”.

An oxymoron is a combination of words that have opposite or very different meanings.

The ox couldn’t carry any more on (oxymoron) the cart – it was overloaded with wire wool.

NOTE:

Wire wool is a classic oxymoron – wire and wool are contradictory terms.

Examples

Cruel kindness

Deafening silence

Living dead

Definitely maybe