1950s Style Overview. Fashion in the 1950s as a whole didnât see as much of a drastic change at any various part throughout the decade like the 1940s had. It did, however, give way to many new styles, silhouettes and fabrics that had never been seen before.
oxymoron (plural oxymorons or oxymora) A figure of speech in which two words with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.
An oxymoron (plural oxymora or, more commonly, oxymorons) (noun) is a figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms. Oxymoron is a Greek term derived from oxy (sharp) and moros (dull).The meaning is that which is sharp and dull, thereby designating and also exhibiting an opposition between two adjectives which serve as predicates for one subject. Oxymorons are a proper subset of the expressions called contradictions in terms.xymoron is a Greek term derived from oxy (sharp) and moros (dull). The meaning is that which is sharp and dull, thereby designating and also exhibiting an opposition between two adjectives which serve as predicates for one subject. Oxymorons are a proper subset of the expressions called contradictions in terms.