Oxymoron

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Communication

Foundational Lexiconcontradictory terms
Executive Parlancedeliberate contradiction
Scholarly Discoursesemantic tension
Babel ZenithOxymoron
Origin: Greek/Rhetoric
Pronunciation: /ˌɒksɪˈmɔːrɒn/

Etymology & Meaning

A figure of speech with contradictory terms.

In the Boardroom

Deafening silence; jumbo shrimp.

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