Oxymora
Stripes
22/06/2002

Oxymora have always fascinated me.

Oxymoron-a rhetorical figure in which an epigrammatic effect is created by the conjunction or incongruous or contrary terms.

Ancient Greek : Oxus = "sharp"

Moros = "dull"

"Oxymoron" = a sharp dullness or a foolish wise.

...a self contradicting phrase.

Oxymoron is the singular form and oxymora is the plural form, despite the misuse of �oxymorons� as the plural form by those who should know better

Why am I putting these in here? Because I dont know how to express how I'm feeling,so I'll put it off until later. So,here..read some oxymora:

1. Act Naturally

2. Found Missing

3. Resident Alien

4. Advanced Basic

5. Genuine Imitation

6. Airline Food

7. Good Grief

8. Same Difference

9. Almost Exactly

10. Government Organization

11. Sanitary Landfill

12. Alone Together

13. Legally Drunk

14. Silent Scream

15. British Fashion

16. Living Dead

17. Small Crowd

18. Business Ethics

19. Soft Rock

20. Butt Head

21. New Classic

22. Sweet Sorrow

23. Childproof

24. �Now, then�.�

25. Synthetic Natural Gas

26. Christian Scientists

27. Passive Aggression

28. Taped Live

29. Clearly Misunderstood

30. Peace Force

31. Extinct Life

32. Computer Jock

33. Plastic Glasses

34. Terribly Pleased

35. Computer Security

36. Political Science

37. Tight Slacks

38. Definite Maybe

39. Pretty Ugly

40. Twelve-ounce Pound Cake

41. Diet Ice Cream

42. Rap Music

43. Working Vacation

44. Exact Estimate

45. Religious Tolerance

46. Reverse Order

47. Junk Food

48. Hospital Food

49. Amateur Expert

50. Baby Grand (piano)

51. Black Light

52. Brief Survey

53. Civil War

54. Congressional Ethics

55. Criminal Justice

56. Crisis Management

57. Deafening Silence

58. Death Benefits

59. Divorce Court

60. Down Escalator

61. Dry Wine

62. Elementary Calculus

63. Evaporated Milk

64. Extra Time

65. Fast Idle

66. Flexible Freeze (economics)

67. Freezer Burn

68. Fresh Frozen

69. Friendly Arguments

70. Gourmet Pizza

71. Governmental Efficiency

72. Great Depression

73. Guest Host

74. Half Full

75. Half Empty

76. Honest Crook

77. Hopelessly Optimistic

78. Idiot Savant

79. Industrial Park

80. Irate Patient

81. Jumbo Shrimp

82. Lean Pork

83. Light-Heavyweight

84. Mandatory Option

85. Marijuana Initiative

86. Medium Large

87. Mild Abrasive

88. Minor Disaster

89. Mobil Station

90. �No-Good Do-Gooder!�

91. Non-Stop Flight

92. Old News

93. Organized Mess

94. Original Copy

95. Dodge Ram

96. Cherokee Pioneer

97. Partially Completed

98. Peacekeeper Missile

99. Perfect Idiot

100. Random Logic (fuzzy logic)

101. Renegade Lawmakers (from CNN during the battle in Moscow.)

102. Scheduled Spontaneity (From a Franklin time management class.)

103. Second Best

104. Singular Relationship

105. Standard Deviation

106. Student Teacher

107. Sure Bet

108. Turbo Diesel

109. Unacceptable Solution

110. Work Party

111. Working Vacation

112. Organized Chaos

113. Intentional Accident.

114. Hi-fi cassette tapes.

115. Awfully Good

116. Bitter Sweet

117. Calm Wind

118. False Hope

119. Include Me Out

120. Incorrect Facts

121. Land Bridge.

122. Liquid Natural Gas

123. Near Miss

124. Neutral Bias

125. Real Fantasy

126. Real Phony.

127. Rolling Stop

128. Secret Service.

129. Smart Dummy

130. Sweet Tart

131. Virtual Reality

132. White Chocolate

133. Grounded Flight

134. Holy War

135. Mad Scientist

136. Remarkably Common

137. Astrological Forecast

138. Autistic Behavior

139. Easy Credit

140. Free Society

141. Real Numbers

142. Straight Hooks

143. Compulsory Volunteers

144. People have one thing in common: they are all different.

145. It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.-Mark Twain

146. Abundant Poverty

147. Academic Sorority

148. Academic Fraternity

149. A Cappella With Music

150. Accidentally On Purpose

151. Accurate Stereotype

152. Agree To Disagree

153. Anticipated Serendipity

154. Anticipating The Unanticipated

155. Anxious Patient

156. Arrogant Humility

157. Artificial Intelligence

158. Astronomically Small

159. Bad Health

160. Bad Luck

161. Balanced Insanity

162. Better Than New

163. Beyond Infinity

164. Big Sip

165. Bipartisan Cooperation

166. Birth Control

167. Birthday Suit

168. Camping Resort

169. Casual Intimacy

170. Casual Sex

171. Casually Concerned

172. Cold As Hell

173. Cold Sweat

174. Cold Toast

175. Constructive Ambiguity

176. Constructive Criticism

177. Constructive Negativity

178. Contra Aid

179. Contra Assistance

180. Controlled Enthusiasm

181. Curved Line

182. Daily Special

183. Dollar Value

184. Easy Labor

185. Educated Guess

186. Final Version

187. Fresh Prunes

188. Fresh Raisins

189. Fresh Yogurt

190. Fried Roast

191. Human Robot

192. Immigration Control

193. Just War

194. Lesser Evil

195. Moral Majority

196. Morbid Humor

197. More Unique

198. Most Unique

199. Organized Confusion

200. Organized Mess

201. True Story

202. True Illusion

203. True Lies

204. False Memory

205. Useless Goal

THAT DIDNT HELP! I STILL KNOW I NEED TO EXPRESS MY FEELINGS!

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