Oxymorons 1

[BJCooperIT]

Credit:

http://www.alphadictionary.com/fun/oxymorons.html

Oxymorons are phrases or words that seem to contradict themselves.

Act naturally
Advanced BASIC
Almost exactly
Alone together
Clearly misunderstood
Definite maybe
Exact estimate
Extinct Life
Found missing
Genuine imitation
Good grief
Jumbo shrimp
Legally drunk
New classic
Now, then, (have you made up your mind?)
Passive aggression
Peace force
Plastic glasses
Pretty ugly
Resident alien
Same difference
Sanitary landfill
Silent scream
Small crowd
Soft rock
Sweet sorrow
Synthetic natural gas
Taped live
Terribly pleased
Tight slacks
Working vacation

Jokes
Living dead
Government organization
Military Intelligence

I am sure this group can add to the list...

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[AnotherHiggins]

Well, there's the old joke that "Military Intelligence" is an oxymoron.

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[rasETL]

With today's jobs, I'm thinking the term "Manageable Workload" should be added to the list.

Also ...

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[AnotherHiggins]

Dang, I just saw that Military Intelligence is already on your list. I skipped the "Jokes" at first, thinking it was part of your sig.

OK - I'll try to make up for it:
rolling stop
even odds
original copy
only choice

And what's up with 'Legally drunk' being listed as an oxymoron? It is still legal to get drunk, right? I mean, as long as you're not driving.

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[SamBones]

The definition of "Oxymoron" is: Someone who buys soap off an Informercial

 

[SkipVought]

So is an Oxydol a Stepford Wife?

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[stackdump]

Organized chaos
Roaring silence

Military music

Wedded bliss

 

[2ffat]

Politically Correct


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[SilentAiche]

Ooh, BJCooperPerson,

You already hijacked a Boeing 727 in the early '70's - what, have you spent all the money???????????

So now you're hijacking "Daffinition" for your own pleasure???

For Shame!!

Tim [with multiple smilies for a cool thread!]

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[BJCooperIT]

If only he were a relative!

Everyone is entitled to their "Unbiased Opinion" (another oxymoron)!

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[SteveGlo]

Home Office

 

[tsdragon]

My all time favorite: Microsoft Works

Also: Living Will


Tracy Dryden

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[KenCunningham]

Post-nuptial agreement?

 

[GwydionM]

You can be Legally drunk in your own home, just not in public. And a Resident alien has a right to live in a country where they are not a citizen.

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An old man who lives in the UK

 

[BJCooperIT]

virtual reality

This one has always driven me crazy! [BUGEYED]

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[BJCooperIT]

Apologies in advance - too much time on my hands:

It is an open secret that I am clearly confused and unable to act naturally when confronted with some of these seriously funny oxymorons. I have a list of phrases that contains almost exactly what has been found missing and it is pretty ugly. My only choice is to say some are genuine imitations and others are an exact copy.

There is no exact estimate of when the deafening silence of your responses here will reflect unbiased opinions. I give you even odds that these constant variables are a tragic comedy that will make the same difference in this minor crisis. When asked if it will ever end, I respond with “A definite maybe if we use Advanced BASIC, but it will cost a small fortune!”

We might survive, but the ensuing liquid gas may be responsible for the extinct life of the living dead. The old news is that plastic glasses are a near miss when we are alone together sipping champagne.

Transcripts of this rant are available only on a working holiday when everything comes to a rolling stop.

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[SkipVought]

Skip,
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[SilentAiche]

Coop,

[NAPS]

Tim

P.S. (NAPS = "Not A Pretty Sight")

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[SkipVought]

SA,

That would make you Asphyxiated!

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[Toshilap]

COOPER!
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