Oxymoron,
n. (Rhet.) figure of speech with pointed conjunction of seemingly contradictory expressions (
oxus sharp,
morus foolish
)
Shouldn't that be sharp and dull, like a knife?
Goedel Escher Bach discusses the Smart Stupid
Methodologists Dont Program led to rapid evolution of the following oxymorons
Programming methodologist.
Sensible methodologist - see Alistair Cockburn on a good day
Pragmatic Methodologist now that's going too far
Extreme Iconoclasm Questioned gave us
the tentative iconoclast
the wise large project
The Relevance Of Occams Razor is philosophical about
objectively satisfactory
There are fewer Extreme Oxymorons than Extreme Tautologies but they are probably more interesting.
In the wider world there's
Fun run
Military intelligence
Civil war
Microsoft Works
Safe sex
Jumbo shrimp
Good morning
Windows Help
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