How many Oxymorons do you know?

Rod P

An Oxymoron is a combination of contradictory words. If you describe a dog as "pretty ugly", you have used the oxymoron "pretty ugly". "Pretty" means the opposite of "ugly".

Here's a bunch of Oxymorons, which I took from:

http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca

absolutely unsure almost exactly alone together authentic replica

awful good bad health bankrupt millionaire big town

black heart black light bland spice blank dictionary

boring entertainment boyish grandpa bright night bright rain

buried alive calculated risk calm wind civil war

clean boy clean dirt clogged drain cold fever

completely destroyed completely unfinished cooked sushi criminal cop

dark day deafening silence death benefit definite maybe

devilish angel different pattern distant relative down elevator

dry ice dry snow dull knife dull needle

educated guess expected surprise express line false hope

fast food fast snail fast walk firm pillow

flying fish freezer burn friendly enemy friendly fire

future history gentle turbulence giant dwarf good grief

grateful dead Great Depression grounded airplane half empty

half full hard cushion high ground huge shortage

icy hot ignorant professor incredibly dull inside out

jumbo shrimp large ant long shorts loose knot

loose tights loud whisper lover's quarrel low-rise

master slave mean smile missing present near future

near miss new antique night light night vision

non-working mother old newborn old news opposite attraction

organized chaos original reproduction paper towel partially destroyed

past prediction peasant king peer pressure perfect idiot

perfectly ridiculous plastic glass pleasantly confused positively negative

positively wrong presently gone problem solved pretty ugly

pure dirt quiet noise quiet riot random order

relative stranger restless sleep round corner sad clown

sadly funny sad smile same difference serious comic

silent alarm silent scream silent speech sit up

slow jet slow jog slow speed small crowd

small giant soft rock soft thunder spoken thought

student teacher study break stunted growth stupid genius

sure bet sure guess sweet sorrow sweet tart

talking mime talk show tame beast terribly nice

thunderous silence tiny mountain unknown knowledge usually unusual

virtual reality warm ice weak muscle wheeled walker

white night wickedly good wild dog working vacation

Compound Oxymoron Words:

bittersweet color-blind dimwit doorstop

homework lightweight seashore spendthrift

understand weekday

Rod P.

under74

Sith--do you mean with html?

If so-

put in the quote and close with

Sith

What I meant was...I wish I could copy and paste

under74

DAMMIT

I totally screwed that up...hold on...

talesin

I dunno, did you check the list, Rod?

For example, how is 'clean boy' an oxymoron,,, hmm

My favorite oxymoron is,

Military Intelligence

Oh, yeah, and the Military actually has a department called,

The Department of Redundancy Department

LOL ! I kid you not.

tal

Click on "File" at top left corner of your computer. Then click "save as" and "save in: My Documents". This will send the contents to a file which you can later access, and print out. From there, you ought to be able to cut and past to other files.

Try it and let me know if it works for you.

Rod P.

Rod P

Talesin,

re: clean boy

Yes, I know. I had to think about that one, and hesitated to include it also.

As I see it, the reason it is an Oxymoron is because boys are just naturally dirty, being into everything with dirt and grease and stuff, forever coming home filthy. So to use "boy" and "clean" together is actually a contradiction in terms. Hence, Oxymoron. But you can discount that one if you wish.

Oh, I really liked your "Military Intelligence". That's a keeper.

Rod P.

Sith

Thanks, Rod. I really do appreciate it. But I was:

"Being An Asshole"

How many Oxymorons do you know?

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