Author Topic: Oxymora  (Read 2714 times)

Post your favorite oxymora (singular "oxymoron"). Here's a few of my favorites:

- Military intelligence
- Tough stuff
- Accurate horoscope
- Accidentally on purpose
- Affordable housing
- Bipartisan cooperation
- Birth control
- Degradeable plastic
- Peoples' Republic of China

Last one made me lol. Not all of those are true oxymoron. Jumbo shrimp.

The only one that's even close to an oxymoron is "Accidentally on purpose."


The only one that's even close to an oxymoron is "Accidentally on purpose."

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Fire ice

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Microsoft Works.

lol


I've always liked Jumbo Shrimp.

Dehydrated water is pretty good too.

A real oxymoron is kind of rare, because they are hard to use in a way that makes sense, Shakespeare was good at them, I can't remember a lot of them, he actually used "hot ice" and my favorite was I think "blinding darkness."

It's all perspective that makes an oxymoron. Like jumbo shrimp. They are big in terms of average shrimp, therefore perfectly reasonable. IMP.

Oh I've got one, a positive marcem :P

"blinding darkness."

You can't see in pure darkness, therefore you are blind.