"Conservative rebel" is almost oxymoronic, which is why William F. Buckley and Ronald Reagan stood out so much.    From Wordnik.com.  [Video Meliora, proboque; Deteriora sequor] Reference

To put the words "efficiency" and the EU in the same sentence can only be described as oxymoronic or, if you like, simply moronic.    From Wordnik.com.  [And so they drivel on] Reference

The word 'real' and Beverly Hills are kind of oxymoronic,'' he says over the phone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boston.com Top Stories] Reference

I know, I know, you’re thinking, “But John, aren’t ‘Liberal Mormon’ and ‘Mormon Intellectual’ kind of oxymoronic?”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Liberal Mormon Litmus Test. | Mind on Fire] Reference

Do the words "urban farm" sound oxymoronic to you?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kerry Trueman: Saving The Bed-Stuy Farm: Choose Better Nutrition, Not Demolition] Reference

Now that is the oxymoronic simile to end them all.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

(Or dead gods either, as oxymoronic as that sounds.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Ilium]

"Absentee balloting" is oxymoronic with caucusing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poll: Obama, Romney Ahead In Iowa] Reference

And, to be absolutely clear, "clean coal" is oxymoronic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Paula Gordon: It's Not Just AIG, Friends] Reference

Loosing for the sake of ideological purity is oxymoronic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Obama's Support For FISA Cave-In Is Such A Downer] Reference

Indeed, bureaucracy and streamlining seem oxymoronic terms.    From Wordnik.com.  [SiteSeeing: EPA launches Green Homes Web site] Reference

Bouncing around yet somehow saying the same thing, oxymoronic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Early Snap Polls: Biden Won Handily] Reference

But what is this oxymoronic: keep "ferocity ... be respectful"?.    From Wordnik.com.  [McCain Says No Need To Fear Obama, Calls On Supporters To Be "Respectful"] Reference

Making one's own luck is thus a weak, oxymoronic compliment at best.    From Wordnik.com.  [Financial Times Columnist: Obama Like Felix The Cat — Black And Lucky] Reference

To talk of morality in the context of international conflict is oxymoronic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Philip Slater: Let's Take Moralizing Out of Foreign Policy Debate] Reference

At one time southern Democrats and liberal Republicans were not oxymoronic.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

Prison and industry in the same sentence is oxymoronic, emphasis on moronic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Susan Corso: Put our Captive Workforce to Work!] Reference

The words felt as oxymoronic as “Congress passed campaign finance reform?”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Warning Signs]

Change is needed to ensure sustainable consumption is not an oxymoronic dilemma.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gregory Unruh: Sustainable Consumption: The Peacock's Dilemma] Reference

To continue to refer to today's college players as student-athletes is oxymoronic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Byron Williams: The Duplicity of March Madness] Reference

Just that, generally speaking, "conservative humor" tends to be an oxymoronic term.    From Wordnik.com.  [John McQuaid: Why Aren't Conservatives Funny?] Reference

How can an organization with the oxymoronic title Progressives for Obama even exist?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael J.W. Stickings: Chris Hedges and the Left-Wing Attack on Liberals, Liberalism, and Barack Obama] Reference

Thus it is that London is home to the oxymoronic “Islamic Human Rights Commission”.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

One of the more oxymoronic displays were the signs that read: "Justice for Oscar Grant.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Byron Williams: The Oakland Protestors and the Arc of the Moral Universe] Reference

Possibly one of the most moronic (or rather, oxymoronic) terms ever invented by government.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joe Trippi: Edwards Would Commend Hillary's Poverty Czar Idea] Reference

And Wendy writes from Hawaii: "Isn't it a bit oxymoronic to expect privacy in public places?".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 30, 2007] Reference

And I suppose it was this commoditization of luxury that struck me as prima facie, oxymoronic.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Return of Luxury] Reference

The latter phrase must seem oxymoronic to Wood-Lewis: a “casual encounter” in your neighborhood?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Canoes and Online Communities: Front Porch Forum] Reference

Isn't that oxymoronic when you're thinking of climate change and the opportunities in front of us? '.    From Wordnik.com.  [Paige Donner: Greening Hollywood: Jet Hangar 25 World's First Platinum LEED Certified] Reference

Which is why the few communists around in Islamic lands have employed the oxymoronic term 'Islamic Marxism'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hooman Majd: Jihad vs. McSex] Reference

I know it sounds oxymoronic given Lieberman's droopy disposition, but is there any bigger drama queen than him?.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Private Meeting, Reid Tells Lieberman That It's Unlikely He'll Keep Committee Slot] Reference

To the long list of oxymoronic garments produced by our novelty-desperate fashion complex — corduroy culottes!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Globally Warmed: The Couture of Climate Change] Reference

Secondly, as an animal lover, she has carved out a specialty for herself in the highly oxymoronic field of humane animal death.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christal Smith: Profiles in Counter Intuition : Temple Grandin on Working from the Inside] Reference

And it was possible to possess the oxymoronic position of defending the constitutional rights of someone with whom I disagreed intently.    From Wordnik.com.  [Byron Williams: Tribute to Nat Hentoff] Reference