Oxymoron! 5

[UniqueFD]

Is 'Doing Nothing' an oxymoron?"

The original context for this question is that I have been asked what I'd like to do tonight and replied, "I've been so busy lately, I'd like to do nothing".

Can I actively do nothing? I would appreciate some feedback on this. If, in thinking around the subject, you find some other amusing/infuriating oxymorons, please share them!!!

(Also, I just think the word is great - OXYMORON!! )

Tony
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[kalistoh]

A quick shout out round the office resulted in a few good ones, but the best one has to be Microsoft Works.

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[DPlank]

Military Intelligence?

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[AngelB]

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[MakeItSo]

All good. But still laughing at M$, kalistoh!



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[KenCunningham]

Competent users perhaps?

 

[kalistoh]

The word Oxymoron is also an oxymoron.
It's derived from the Greek words oxus meaning sharp, and moros meaning dull

thx for the star!

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[dgillz]

Jumbo Shrimp is an oxymoron we here on the gulf coast love to eat.

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[Dimandja]

Same difference is pretty ugly.

 

[jsteph]

Well, not to mix threads with the Good Thinking Batman thread,, but doing nothing reminds me of a relavent quote from Office Space. When asked what he did the day before, Peter replies:

I did absolutely nothing, and it was everything I thought it could be

So...I guess 'nothing' is 'a thing' that you can 'do'.
--Jim

 

[Dimandja]

You can "do" nothing. You can not listen. You can not think. But you must "actively" refrain from doing those things.

 

[jebenson]

A political oxymoron:

compassionate conservative



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[HarleyQuinn]

One that gets me everytime I hear it is:

Friendly Fire

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[sleipnir214]

One I just came across on a website:

practical liberal arts education


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[dgillz]

My dad used to say "the only problem with doing nothing is you never know when you're done".

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[kalistoh]

Or how about a Peacekeeper Missile



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[LTeeple]

kalistoh

Peacekeeper Missile. That reference thrust the Fleetwood Mac song into my head.


Cheers!
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[leztek]

Honest politician?