Post your favorite Oxymoron!

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   Enelle Lambposted 15 years ago

   An oxymoron is a figure of speech that is self-contradictory - such as "a fine mess" and "a little pregnant"
   Here is my personal favorite:
   new and improved!

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      Baileybearposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      pure evil

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   knolyourselfposted 15 years ago

   "American Thinker".

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   Maembeposted 15 years ago

   Women's Basketball
   
   Just kidding, that wasn't nice.

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   paradigmsearchposted 15 years ago

   Ethical “___________” (fill in blank).

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      Baileybearposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      here's one that was in the title of a thread:
      
      innocent religions

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         paradigmsearchposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         I remember that one!

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   Kangaroo_Jaseposted 15 years ago

   Best Indecision

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   Charles Jamesposted 15 years ago

   Army Intelligence

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      Enelle Lambposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      I almost chose that one!

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      Bellamieposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      hey! 
      
      go army!!

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   Richieb799posted 15 years ago

   Loitering with Intent? that's one that my boss said and I thought the 2 words contradict each other lol

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   bojanglesk8posted 15 years ago

   "Pretty ugly"

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   theseusposted 15 years ago

   bitter sweet revenge

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    mtsi1098posted 15 years ago

    jumbo shrimp

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    Kangaroo_Jaseposted 15 years ago

    'Parting is such sweet, sorrow' - Shakespeare

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    Kangaroo_Jaseposted 15 years ago

    My favourite number us blue, my favourite colour is 3 and my favourite number is X.

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    Sweetsusiegposted 15 years ago

    Politically Correct - Anything political cannot be correct... Just a thought...

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       Enelle Lambposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       lol I like that one

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       wildernessposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Much along the lines of an "honest politician", isn't it?

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    Enelle Lambposted 15 years ago

    Almost done

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    Rochelle Frankposted 15 years ago

    "Hitler" -- oh, wait-a-minit, he was a Nazimoron.

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       RedElfposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       

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    Enelle Lambposted 15 years ago

    A fine mess

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    TheNicheBlogposted 15 years ago

    Perfectly alright...

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    theseusposted 15 years ago

    Living dead

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    theseusposted 15 years ago

    Alone in a crowd

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       Druid Dudeposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       actually not an oxymoron. Been there. Anyone else?

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    CWanamakerposted 15 years ago

    Jumbo Shrimp!

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    RedElfposted 15 years ago

    government initiative

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    RedElfposted 15 years ago

    Here's another favorite government silliness - a few years ago our government changed the name of Unemployment Insurance to:
    
    Employment Insurance - sounds like it should insure that you are always employed - yes? - but, of course, you only collect once you are unemployed

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    FranyaBlueposted 15 years ago

    plus size skinny jeans

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       Druid Dudeposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Bad Intelligence. Used by the Bush admin. Actually is a doublespeak word for stupidity. Which brings me to another not so oxy oxymoron. Hurry up and wait.

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    theseusposted 15 years ago

    only choice

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    superwagsposted 15 years ago

    Today:
    
    "Working from home"

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    Bellamieposted 15 years ago

    that's the long and short of it.

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    Dale Nelsonposted 15 years ago

    bumblebee tuna

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    BobbiRantposted 15 years ago

    New and Improved

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    rbe0posted 14 years ago

    Dark Enlightenment

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    Rosie2010posted 14 years ago

    open secret

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    jesimpkiposted 14 years ago

    Microsoft Works
    Not their operating system, just the productivity suite by the same name.

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    ptosisposted 14 years ago

    Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms!

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    Patty Inglish, MSposted 14 years ago

    Some favorites, especially the first -
    
    Accidentally on purpose
    Original replica
    Questionable answer
    Altogether separate

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    janesixposted 14 years ago

    President Obama

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