I always thought 'raised to the ground' was an oxymoron until I found it was spelt differently, razed, and so actually was a homophone.
Deafening silence.
Almost Never.
And the one I always fall for:
Easy Payments.
Add your own oxymoron
by Kenneson 35 Replies latest jw friends
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Abaddon
Military justice
Friendly fire
Acceptable collateral damage
Democratically elected President
New Labour
Weapons of mass destruction
Sexual Equality
Intelligent Design
Fiscal Policy
Tax cut
Information Technology
Help-desk (and I help run all call centre!)
Customer Support
Limited Warranty
Consumer Rights
CO2 is not a pollutant
Animal Liberationists
Truth
Neo-Nazi
Liberationist
Altruistic behaviour
Governmental accountability
Company accounts
Quite loud
Casual Fridays
Working from home
Australian Culture
Dutch Treat
Dutch courage
Niggardly
... that scraping sound is me hitting the bottom of the barrel
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Narkissos
Didn't GWB come up with something like "compassionate war"?
Btw Kenneson's ones (and a few others) are not really oxymora (or do you say oxymorons?) imo but they are hilarious.
(I'm quite fond of oxymora myself but they are rarely funny.)
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Leolaia
Here's an obvious one:
Present truth
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bisous
Butt head. Good Grief. Sharp Curve. Smart Ass.
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stevenyc
Faithful and discrete slave
steve
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acadian
The IRS's... Voluntary compliance....
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Narkissos
"Principled love."
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greendawn
"We will treat you fairly as long as you see everything our way" but being forced to see everything their way is not fair treatment to begin with.
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Finally-Free
Religious tolerence.
W