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
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Oxymorons...
Posted by Anonymous at 10:15 PM
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