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.
It has nothing to do with ones intelligence. You girlfriend does not know what it means or she would not call you that. An oxymoron (plural oxymora or, more commonly, oxymorons) (noun) is a figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms. have never heard this used as an insult before, saying that a person is an oxymoron. I have included a link for the direct definition and a link for a list of popular oxymorons. Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxymoron http://www.oxymoronlist.com/.