An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines two usually contradictory terms in a compressed paradox, as in the word 'bittersweet' or the phrase 'living death.'
Here are a few more:
- Free credit
- anxious patient
- awfully good
- barely dressed
- butthead
- clean dirt
- disposable products with a lifetime guarantee
- even odds
- fresh frozen
- freezer burn
- going nowhere
- hopelessly optimistic
- kosher ham
- larger half
- Light-Heavyweight
- long shorts
- loose tights
- lower inflation
- maxi-thins
- mild jalapenos
- new improved
- numbing sensation
- ocean shore
- old news
- original reproduction
- pretty ugly
- pretty disgusting
- removeable sticker
- relative stranger
- second best
- short distance
- strippers dressing room
- terribly nice
- Thinking out loud
- true lies
- uninvited guest
- wireless cable
- predictably unpredictable
These are just a few from the complete list
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