I've been pronouncing it wrong this whole time.

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34 years speaking English and just now I learned my whole life was a lie. Oxymoron is not pronounced oxy-moron, it's pronounced oxim-oron, I'm such an oxy-moron.

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Depends on who you ask.

American English pronunciation is generally äwk-see-more-on.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/oxymoron

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