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Ariadne   

I thought these oxymorons would lighten up the tenseness going back and forth nowadays. Here are some of my favourite oxymorons

 

1) Act naturally

2) good greif

3) jumbo shrimp

4) legally drunk

5) small crowd

6) same difference

7) diet ice cream :D (girls you know better)

8) plastic glasses

9) sweet sorrow

10)and one of my favourites military intelligence :D

 

everyone add their favourites to the list come on don't be shy

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Baashi   

Here is my 2 fav.

 

1. Deafening silence

2. Mournful optimist

 

For those who don't know what oxymoron is..it is the combination of contradictory terms that somehow found their way into mainstream diction.

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Iffah   

1- Simply impossible

 

2- Found missing

 

3- Only choice

 

4- Pretty ugly

 

5- Clearly confused :confused:

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Salaan...

 

Your lists are sadly funny. Good grief. :D

 

Now, the other list:

spoken thought

civil war

study break

near future

virtual reality

sure bet

new antique

almost exactly

dark day

paper towel

long shorts

cold fever

serious comic

half empty

absolutely unsure

sad smile

distant relative

fast walk

old news

talk show

bankrupt millionaire

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Curly   

How about:

 

*expect the unexpected

 

Oh and my favourite: smile.gif

 

**BLOODY SOMALIANS**

 

don't ask...lol :D

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LuCkY   

SaLaaMz,

 

*Government Organization

*Alone Together

*Personal Computer

*Silent Scream

*Living Dead

*Taped Live

*Tight Slacks

*Peace Force

*Head Butt

*Working Vacation

*Tax Return

*Dodge Ram

*Work Party

*Healthy Tan

*Microsoft Works

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LoL At Livin Dead..i dunno but i love this word for some strange reasons.....Dont mind me..ramadan is slowin me down....

 

I need more quran readin...

 

salaamaat

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LuCkY   

SaLaaMz,

 

Heres more oxymorons for your appetite:

 

*arrogant humility

*Artificial Grass

*artificial intelligence

*assistant supervisor

*astronomically small

*athletic scholarship

*acute apathy

*acute dullness

*Affirmative action

*accurate stereotype

*Act Naturally

*advanced beginner

*advanced BASIC

*Almost pregnant

*arms limitation

*brief survey

*brief speech

*Benign Tumor

*bigger half

*Calculated Error

*calculated risk

*canned fresh

*Caring Republic

*Clinton principles

*cheap gas

*cheerful pessimist

*cheerful undertaker

*cheerfully cynical

*cheerfully mournful

*childproof

*Chocolate 'Nilla Waffers

*Christian evolutionist

*Cherokee Pioneer

*CIA cooperation

*civil disobedience

*civil engineer

*CIVIL LITIGATION

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This is a fun game...... :D These are the one's I didn't notice on the other lists..but they probabaly are. icon_razz.gif

 

plastic silverware

polite salesman

political science

randomly organized

resident alien

second best

Advanced BASIC

funky white guy

original copies

open secret

Paid volunteer

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