For those of you that enjoy a "plays on words" I thought I would share a few of my favourite oxymorons. (An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms.)
I hope you enjoy them;
- Legally drunk
- Exact estimate
- Act naturally
- Found missing
- Resident alien
- Genuine imitation
- Airline Food
- Business ethics
- Soft rock
- Butt Head
- Military Intelligence
- Sweet sorrow
- Rural Metro (ambulance service)
- "Now, then ..."
- Passive aggression
- Good grief
- Government organization
- Working vacation
- Alone together
- Small crowd
- Clearly misunderstood
- Peace force
- Extinct Life
- Plastic glasses
- Terribly pleased
- Computer security
- Tight slacks
- Definite maybe
- Pretty ugly
- Microsoft Works
and my all time favourite
- Political science
What other oxymorons do you find amusing?
- October 20, 2011 7:41 am
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