Oxymoron - I love oxymorons. My memory was jogged when someone invited my to go in a Fun Run - an oxymoron if ever I heard one. Accoring to one source, an oxymoron is defined as
A rhetorical figure in which an epigrammatic effect is created by the conjunction of incongruous or contradictory terms.
Here are some examples that I found:
acute dullness · act naturally · Advanced BASIC · airline food · alone together · bittersweet · British fashion · business ethics · butthead · cafeteria food · calm wind · cheerleading scholarship · childproof · civil engineer · clean coal · coal mine safety · computer jock · computer security · clearly ambiguous · clearly confused · clearly misunderstood · conservative liberal · conciliation court · constant variable · constructive attitude · corporate conscience · cowardly lion · deafening silence · definite maybe · deliberately thoughtless · democratic machine · diet ice cream · divorce court · domestic bliss · double solitaire · educational television · essential service · extensive briefing · family vacation · federal budget · fish farm · flexible ethics · found missing · free love · freezer burn · french deodorant · fresh-frozen · friendly fire · friendly takeover · genuine imitation · good grief · government organization · guest host · healthy chocolate · hells angels · holy war · half naked · home office · humanitarian invasion · ill health · industrial park · instant classic · intense apathy · jumbo shrimp · larger half · least favorite · legally drunk · light rock · linear curve · liquid gas · lite beer · little giants · living dead · long sleeved t-shirt · managed competition · marital bliss · Microsoft Works · mild interest · military intelligence · minor crisis · minor miracle · modern history · natural blonde · new classic · New York culture · non-alcoholic beer · non-alcoholic wine · non-dairy creamer · non-working mother · normal deviation · old news · only choice · on-time airplane · open secret · original copies · original reprint · oxymoron · paid volunteer · passive aggression · peace offensive · peacekeeper missile · plastic glasses · plastic silverware · player coach · player piano · polite salesman · political science · post feminist · postal service · pretty ugly · private citizen · qualified success · randomly organized · rap music · real potential · republican party · resident alien · rock opera · rolling stop · rush hour · sad clown · same difference · scheduled spontaneity · second best · sensitive guy · serious musician · seriously funny · silent scream · simply superb · small crowd · soft rock · software documentation · standard deviation · straight angle · student athlete · successful suicide · sweet sorrow · sweet tart · synthetic natural gas · taped live · temporary tax increase · terribly enjoyable · terribly pleased · tight slacks · tragic comedy · trial separation · turbo diesel · twelve-ounce pound cake · unbiased opinion · uncrowned king · unhappily married · united nations · unsellable stock · unsung hero · vaguely aware · virtual reality · war games · wholesome · working vacation
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