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POST YOUR OXYMORONS HERE
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 12:44 pm
by jingle_jangle
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?
Re: POST YOUR OXYMORONS HERE
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 1:03 pm
by sowhat
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...
Re: POST YOUR OXYMORONS HERE
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 1:09 pm
by wmthor
honest politician
Re: POST YOUR OXYMORONS HERE
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:32 pm
by eric_b
Jumbo Shrimp...
Driving on a parkway and parking in a driveway...
Re: POST YOUR OXYMORONS HERE
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:47 pm
by jingle_jangle
How about
deliberate mistake?
Re: POST YOUR OXYMORONS HERE
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:05 pm
by sowhat
How about "friendly suit"? And - i'm not sure if this term really exists, i found it in Ru/En dictionary - "nuclear peace"?
Re: POST YOUR OXYMORONS HERE
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:11 pm
by charlyg
Pretty Ugly
Govt organiztion
Microsoft Works
Re: POST YOUR OXYMORONS HERE
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:13 pm
by lyle_from_minneapolis
Some of my faves:
Government Organization
Taped Live
Peace Force
Pretty Ugly
Head Butt
Tax Return
Microsoft Works
Re: POST YOUR OXYMORONS HERE
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:16 pm
by melibreits
How about postal service?
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:20 pm
by sowhat
Microsoft Excel too. Or - "indulgent criticism".
Re: POST YOUR OXYMORONS HERE
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:59 pm
by charlyg
Can an abbreviation be an oxymoron?
LAUSD - Los Angeles UNIFIED School District?
Post 3000!!!!!
Re: POST YOUR OXYMORONS HERE
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:17 pm
by ricwidow
Things that make you go hummmm…
zero deficit
Awfully pretty
Original Copy
Catfish
Dodge Ram
Eyes Wide Shut
Re: POST YOUR OXYMORONS HERE
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:30 pm
by charlyg
random, or fuzzy logic
rush hour
Peoples' Republic of China
original copy
freezer burn
Re: POST YOUR OXYMORONS HERE
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:54 pm
by eric_b
Common courtesy...
Civil War..
Friendly Fire..
Re: POST YOUR OXYMORONS HERE
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:56 pm
by janglerocker
Now at your grocer:
Unsalted Saltines
Not really an oxymoron but I still love it:
The Department of Redundancy Department