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It's an oximoron to accuse a minority in this country of lacking respect for the notion of equal justice – not because of their minority status, but because as a minority, they have never experienced equal justice and thus long for it.
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Can I be an unpatriotic American or is that an oximoron?
Breaking: McCain Campaign "Concedes" That Obama Is Patriotic 2009
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I think you're right when you say that American culture that may be an oximoron is ahistorical.
number 42 2007
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Clarice, this is the thing that I think is such an oximoron -- rich people thinking they're living "green" by buying alternative fuel cars or making their cabinets out of recycled something-or-other which cost them FAR more than a plain wooden cabinet.
Green or Practical Living? Gumbo Lily 2007
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Afganistan is directionless as we escalate toward an announced withdrawl … oximoron at best.
Home/News 2010
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BBC News feed works outside the UK this time … tax rises that are fair, that's an oximoron coming from a labour moron.
politicalbetting.com 2010
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To me, it is an oximoron; having such a beautiful environment littered with trash.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
uselessness commented on the word oximoron
Do you mean oxymoron?
December 17, 2006