Sunday, November 25, 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

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