Citations:oxymoronicness

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English citations of oxymoronicness

Noun: "the state or quality of being oxymoronic"[edit]

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  • 1995 January 26, Lizard [username], “Re: "National Socialist Radio"”, in alt.politics.libertarian[1] (Usenet):
    A "New York Republican" is a lot like a "Southern Democrat", in terms of oxymoronicness.
  • 1997 April 6, emesone [username], “re:somebody needs an education”, in rec.audio.opinion[2] (Usenet):
    Don't they see the oxymoronicness of bitching on and on and on how they care not about what I post?
  • 1997 June 25, Richard A. Schulman, “Re: Latin: A "Foreign" Language”, in sci.classics[3] (Usenet):
    If the perfect synthetic natural language of your dreams managed to momentarily overcome its oxymoronicness, only a utopian fascist dictatorship would be able to preserve it in its static, sterile perfection.
  • 1998, Harry Levy, Chain of Custody, Fawcett Crest (1999), →ISBN, page 163:
    All I remember saying is, "My pleasure," and being struck by its oxymoronicness.
  • 1998 August 6, Gary Weiss, “Re: alt.not-at-ukagm98(wasRe:Temporary Name Change?)”, in alt.good.morning[4] (Usenet):
    Could an IRL for AGMers who don't attend IRLs be possible, notwithstanding the oxymoronicness of such an idea . . . ? (-:
  • 2001, Steve White, Family Vacations & Other Hazards of Growing Up, Chloe Press (2001), →ISBN, page 19:
    The oxymoronicness (deluded writers are allowed to make up stupid words) of vacation with your family is also affected by Variable 2: Your own Personal Irritation Factor.
  • 2001 December 9, perchprism [username], “Re: To the August and Learned Members of this Group”, in alt.usage.english[5] (Usenet):
    Yes, with the same oxymoronicness as in "outstanding offender."
  • 2002 September 6, Arnold Kim, “Re: Best Finishing Move in Anime”, in rec.arts.anime.misc[6] (Usenet):
    The best of which is, IMO, "Pacifist Crush!" I love the way that it wears its irony and oxymoronicness (is that a word?) on its sleeve.
  • 2002 October 30, LadyNature [username], “Re: Abortion anyone?”, in alt.music.tool[7] (Usenet):
    Well, in one interpretation, it can be. But I think there are other interpretations which don't promote oxymoronicness.
  • 2006 February 7, John Charles Wilson, “WI a libertarian Cold War”, in soc.history.what-if[8] (Usenet):
    Gay rights would be a shoo-in; organized, goivernment-[sic] or societally-supported racism would be seen as "Communistic" (never mind the literal oxymoronicness of this).
  • 2008 May 23, Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy [username], “Re: Prince Caspian and The Lord of the Rings (spoilers)”, in rec.arts.sf.written[9] (Usenet):
    Aside from the obviously[sic] oxymoronicness of "good American," . . . dude.