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Jeez, they're fun and oh, so filling, not to mention really culturally iconic and ironic, Maybe even ebonic...

A one word example: extrasuperfluous

A two word example: military intelligence

Any more floating in cyberspace?
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Perhaps: artificial intelligence (not sure it'd do as an oxymoron, though)
From my Dad's explanation, "artificial intelligence is something that is needed in case you don't have a natural one".
Hmmm... i guess, "breathing nappies" won't do either...
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honest politician
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Jumbo Shrimp...

Driving on a parkway and parking in a driveway...
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How about

deliberate mistake?
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How about "friendly suit"? And - i'm not sure if this term really exists, i found it in Ru/En dictionary - "nuclear peace"?
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Pretty Ugly
Govt organiztion
Microsoft Works
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Some of my faves:

Government Organization
Taped Live
Peace Force
Pretty Ugly
Head Butt
Tax Return
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How about postal service?
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Microsoft Excel too. Or - "indulgent criticism".
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Can an abbreviation be an oxymoron?

LAUSD - Los Angeles UNIFIED School District?

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Things that make you go hummmm… :?

zero deficit
Awfully pretty
Original Copy
Catfish
Dodge Ram
Eyes Wide Shut
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random, or fuzzy logic
rush hour
Peoples' Republic of China
original copy
freezer burn
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Common courtesy...

Civil War..

Friendly Fire..
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Now at your grocer:
Unsalted Saltines


Not really an oxymoron but I still love it:
The Department of Redundancy Department
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