a contradiction in terms



a contradiction in terms

a phrase that is confusing because it contains words that seem to have opposite meanings A British summer is a bit of a contradiction in terms. Euro Disney always seems to me a contradiction in terms because Disney is so typically American.
See also: contradiction, term

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Cox[kɔks]
Kephalos-Greek Mythology
Filippafee-LIP-pah (Swedish)Russian, Greek, Swedish, Italian
Elli (1)E-leeGerman
HildaHIL-də (English), HIL-dah (German, Dutch)English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Spanish, Anglo-Saxon (Latinized), Ancient German
Cleveland['kli:vlənd]