Moron vs. Oxymoron
Moronnoun
A stupid person; an idiot; a fool.
Moronnoun
A person of mild mental subnormality in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50–70.
Moronnoun
A mentally retarded person whose intellectual development proceeds normally up to about the eighth year of age and is then arrested so that there is little or no further development; an adult having the mental development of an 8-to-12-year old. A moron is considered capable of doing routine work under supervision.
Moronnoun
Hence, a very stupid person.
Moronnoun
An inferior olive size having a woody pulp and a large clingstone pit, growing in the mountainous and high-valley districts around the city of Moron, in Spain.
Moronnoun
a person of subnormal intelligence
Oxymoronnoun
A figure of speech in which two words or phrases with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.
Oxymoronnoun
A contradiction in terms.
Oxymoronnoun
A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness.
Oxymoronnoun
conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
Oxymoron
An oxymoron (usual plural oxymorons, more rarely oxymora) is a figure of speech that juxtaposes concepts with opposing meanings within a word or phrase that creates an ostensible self-contradiction. An oxymoron can be used as a rhetorical device to illustrate a rhetorical point or to reveal a paradox.
