The Birthplace of Oxymoron


Did you know that the use of the word oxymoron has skyrocketed since 1950?  Before that, the word was hardly used at all.  I gleaned this information from a chart you can find on Google.  I assume the chart is born from a computerized assessment of words used in the writings of men.  https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=7&case_insensitive=on&content=oxymoron&direct_url=t4%3B%2Coxymoron%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Boxymoron%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BOxymoron%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BOXYMORON%3B%2Cc0 What … Continue reading →