A Conversation for Oxymoron
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Fez Started conversation Dec 26, 1999
Top 50 OXYMORONS
> 50. Act naturally
> 49. Found missing
> 48. Resident alien
> 47. Advanced BASIC
> 46. Genuine imitation
> 45. Soft rock
> 44. Good grief
> 43. Same difference
> 42. Almost exactly
> 41. Government organization
> 40. Sanitary landfill
> 39. Alone together
> 38. Legally drunk
> 37. Silent scream
> 36. British fashion
> 35. Living dead
> 34. Small crowd
> 33. Business ethics
> 32. Uneventful marriage
> 31. Butt Head
> 30. Military Intelligence
> 29. Software documentation
> 28. New York culture
> 27. New classic
> 26. Sweet sorrow
> 25. Childproof
> 24. "Now, then ..."
> 23. Synthetic natural gas
> 22. Christian Scientists
> 21. Passive aggression
> 20. Taped live
> 19. Clearly misunderstood
> 18. Peace force
> 17. Extinct Life
> 16. Temporary tax increase
> 15. Computer jock
> 14. Plastic glasses
> 13. Terribly pleased
> 12. Computer security
> 11. Political science
> 10. Tight slacks
> 9. Definite maybe
> 8. Pretty ugly
> 7. Twelve-ounce pound cake
> 6. Diet ice cream
> 5. Rap music
> 4. Working vacation
> 3. Exact estimate
> 2. Religious tolerance
> And the Number one top OXYMORON:
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> 1. Microsoft Works
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Alon (aka Mr.Cynic) Posted Dec 26, 1999
Thanks for the contribution. I've added all but five of them. If anyone else has any contribution you are encouraged to make it here. Thanks again.
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scottobear?¿ Posted Dec 29, 1999
Jumbo Shrimp & Postal Service come to mind. Tech Support?
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scottobear?¿ Posted Dec 29, 1999
* "Anarchy rules!"
* "Free with purchase"
* "Happy Monday"
* "Never generalize"
* "One size fits all"
* "This page intentionally left blank"
* Accordion music
* Accurate stereotype
* Act naturally
* Aerobic exercise
* Affirmative action, equal opportunity
* Affordable housing
* Airline food
* Almost exactly
* Alone together
* Apple tech support
* Arms limitation
* Art student
* Artificial intelligence
* Athletic scholarship
* Back to the future
* Bad health
* Balding hair
* Bankrupt millionaire
* Better than new
* Black light
* Brave politician
* Budget deficit
* Bug free code
* Business ethics
* Casual intimacy
* Central Intelligence Agency
* Centrally-planned economy
* Cheerful pessimist
* Childproof
* Christian militia
* Classic rock & roll
* Clearly confused
* Collective liberty
* Committee decision
* Common sense
* Communist Party
* Completely unfinished
* Compulsory volunteering
* Conspicuous absence
* Constant change
* Convenience store
* Cooperative multitasking
* Corporate planning
* Curved line
* Definite maybe
* Degradable plastic
* Diet ice cream
* Disco music
* Dress pants
* Driving pleasure
* Dry ice
* Economic reform
* Electroshock therapy
* Enquiring minds
* Environmentalist bumper sticker
* Ergonomic keyboard
* Evolutionary fact
* Exact estimate
* Executive decision
* Express mail
* Fair reporting
* Fast food
* Federal budget
* Fighting for peace
* Final version
* Flexible freeze
* Found missing
* Free election
* French culture
* Fresh frozen
* Full-length bikini
* Fuzzy logic
* Genuine imitation
* Good grief
* Government efficiency
* Gunboat diplomacy
* Half dead
* Happily married
* Hazardous waste disposal
* Helicopter flight
* Holy War
* Honest crook
* Huge market niche
* Human evolution
* Industrial park
* Intelligent lifeforms
* IBM compatible
* Journalistic accuracy
* Lace-up loafers
* Liquid crystal
* Literal interpretation
* Marketing strategy
* Married life
* Martial law
* Meatless hamburger
* Middle East peace process
* Moral Majority
* Mutually exclusive
* Nice cat
* Nuclear defense
* Objective parent
* Operating system
* Peace force
* Peace officer
* PeaceMaker missile
* Petty cash
* Pocket calculator
* Politically correct
* Precision bombing
* Pretty ugly
* Private e-mail
* Professional courtesy
* Proprietary standard
* Psychiatric care
* Quality assurance
* Real fantasy
* Reasonable female
* Recently new
* Reckless caution
* Religious tolerance
* Resident alien
* Rolling stop
* Rush hour
* Russian economy
* Sanitary landfill
* Second best
* Sensitive male
* Small crowd
* Smart bomb
* Software documentation
* Spare rib
* Speed limit
* Stealth bomber
* Straight hook
* Strawberry Blond
* Student athlete
* Supporting documentation
* Sweet sorrow
* Synthetic natural gas
* Taped live
* Tax return
* Terribly pleased
* Terminal initialization
* Tone color
* True gossip
* Unbiased opinion
* Uncontested divorce
* Union workers
* Unix prompt
* User friendliness
* Violent agreement
* Virtual reality
* Voting power
* Waiting patiently
* War games
* War hero
* Wilderness management
* Working vacation
* Work Party
* 10K fun run
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SilverSolstice Posted Jan 6, 2000
And one my roommate said quite unintentionally yesterday....
cool as h*ll (referring to a gift she got)
silversolstice
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Keeza Posted Jan 7, 2000
A few more....
Modern history
Political promise
Fair trading
parlimentary debate
quiet child
easy trial
gang mentality
reasonable force
and one especially for PsyduckPE ...an aspiring cynic
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Alon (aka Mr.Cynic) Posted Jan 7, 2000
Thanks a lot everyone! I'll be adding them in as soon as my mocks are over (Monday evening) or if I have spare time before then.
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Alon (aka Mr.Cynic) Posted Feb 23, 2000
Well, that didn't happen. But I've added some now and I may add some of that long list of Scottobear's later. Sorry 'bout the six week delay!
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Celt, COTL Posted Mar 1, 2000
Just one more, in case you didn't already have enough to do
My all-time number One favourite...
Government Initiatives.
That just cracks me up, everytime.
Happy listing!
Cheers,
Celt
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Pope Edgar Montgomery 3rd, Lord of all that's heavy and electric (and ANARCHY), now not grooming for 1 week+ as a statement, and Posted May 13, 2003
Just so you know, I'm not happy about all my favourite oxymorons being used before I even had a chance to send them in. Curses upon you.
Also, before any smart **** points it out, I am very much aware that my catchphrase is an oxymoron but
RULE ANARCHY.
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halfhalt Posted Jan 19, 2004
drag race
living legend
rock opera
home office
black light
word picture
minor catastrophe
instant classic
freezer burn
industrial park
near miss
calculated risk
old news
stiff drink
gentleman farmer
daybed
open secret
tough love
light heavyweight
small crowd
he's turned up missing
cold sweat
civil war
good grief
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More oxymorons..
- 1: Fez (Dec 26, 1999)
- 2: Alon (aka Mr.Cynic) (Dec 26, 1999)
- 3: Fez (Dec 27, 1999)
- 4: scottobear?¿ (Dec 29, 1999)
- 5: scottobear?¿ (Dec 29, 1999)
- 6: SilverSolstice (Jan 6, 2000)
- 7: Keeza (Jan 7, 2000)
- 8: Alon (aka Mr.Cynic) (Jan 7, 2000)
- 9: Alon (aka Mr.Cynic) (Feb 23, 2000)
- 10: Celt, COTL (Mar 1, 2000)
- 11: Pope Edgar Montgomery 3rd, Lord of all that's heavy and electric (and ANARCHY), now not grooming for 1 week+ as a statement, and (May 13, 2003)
- 12: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Jan 5, 2004)
- 13: halfhalt (Jan 19, 2004)
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