Let's talk about oxymoron

[simplemind]

The true beauty of oxymoron is we happily accept them as normal english. Consider passage below- It was an open secret that the
company had used a paid volunteer
to test the plastic glasses. Although
they were made using liquid gas
technology and were an original
copy that looked almost exactly like
a more expensive brand, the
volunteer thought that they were
pretty ugly and that it would be
simply impossible for the general
public to accept them. On hearing
this feedback, the company board
was clearly confused and there was
a deafening silence. This was a
minor crisis and the only choice was
to drop the product line.
-open secret
-paid volunteer
-plastic glasses
-liquid glass technology
-original copy
-pretty ugly
-deafening silence
-minor crisis

 

[Gurta]

Oxymoron is very "language", the productivity part of the language. It just proves how we can stretch and make language work the magic language does