"Constructions" is my name for organizing turns of phrase into meaningful categories.
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"Homo" words -- Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs
Wordy -- One man's catchy phrase is another man's overly complex phrase.
Oxymoron -- a combination for epigrammatic effect (that is, a terse, sage, or witty often paradoxical saying) of contradictory or incongruous words (as cruel kindness, laborious idleness).
Contradictions in Terms -- Oxymora and more.
Tropes -- Words for ways to put words together: Figures of Speech, Literary Devices, etc.
World Wide Words: turns of phrase