How do you pronounce oxymoron?

Answer 1

This is probably the most mispronounced word in the English language, so you're kind of screwed either way you say it. Most people say "ock-see-moron" but this is actually incorrect. The correct pronunciation is more like "ox-im-oron" but everyone will look at you like you're an idiot if you say it like that, even though you're right.

So unless you're out with a bunch of English teachers, where you have a shot of someone backing you, I would just say it incorrectly as "ock-see-moron" and avoid the whole issue.

Edit: Neither Miriam-Webster nor Oxford support the foregoing answer. Both put the accent on the third syllable, yielding oxy-MOR-on.