Friday, November 23, 2007

Oxymorons

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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