Topic: Oxymoron (Read 8615 times)

Talon · « **on:** October 06, 2008, 04:27:34 PM »

We were throwing out some oxymoron's on another thread, thought it would be a great time waster to start a therad on oxymoron's. But first we should understand the word, so below is a link to Hot For Words, and she'll explain oxymoron.

Talon · « **Reply #1 on:** October 06, 2008, 04:31:27 PM »

Awfully Good
Awfully Nice
Baby Grand
Bad Health
Bad Luck
Ball Club
Black Light
Blue Bird of Happiness
Bitter Sweet
Books on Tape
Bridegroom
Buffalo Wings
Bulldog
Business Ethics
Butt Head
Cardinal Sin
Casual Dress
Catfish
Cautiously Optimistic
Christian Militia
Christian Scientist
Civil Disobedience
Civil Servant
Civil War
Clearly Misunderstood
Clever Fool
Click the start button to shut down
Close Distance
Comedic Tragedy
Common Sense
Congressional Ethics
Conservative Stock (as in the Stock Market)
Conventional Wisdom
Couch Potato
Creation Science
Criminal Justice
Criminal Mastermind
Crisis Management
Critical Acclaim

LRebel · « **Reply #2 on:** October 06, 2008, 04:33:34 PM »

Hotwater Heater - As George Carlin said, "Why do you need to heat hot water"? It's a water heater

sadunbar · « **Reply #3 on:** October 06, 2008, 04:33:55 PM »

Quote from: Talon on October 06, 2008, 04:27:34 PM

We were throwing out some oxymoron's on another thread, thought it would be a great time waster to start a therad on oxymoron's. But first we should understand the word, so below is a link to Hot For Words, and she'll explain oxymoron.

Educational to say the least!

Talon · « **Reply #4 on:** October 06, 2008, 04:37:35 PM »

Quote from: sadunbar on October 06, 2008, 04:33:55 PM

Educational to say the least!

Yes, she has a web page where she explains words that people request definitions for.

http://www.hotforwords.com/

Hugh Janis · « **Reply #5 on:** October 06, 2008, 04:50:16 PM »

A large employer in the area is Occidental Chemical Corp. They are known as "Oxy". A sign on a door that is a shared office with several desks in it says, "more Oxy morons".

How about 'happily married'

AXIL · « **Reply #6 on:** October 06, 2008, 05:03:28 PM »

why are thay called apartments when there all stuck together?

Hoist! · « **Reply #7 on:** October 06, 2008, 05:33:43 PM »

Quote from: Talon on October 06, 2008, 04:31:27 PM

Awfully Good
Awfully Nice
Baby Grand
Bad Health
Bad Luck
Ball Club
Black Light
Blue Bird of Happiness
Bitter Sweet
Books on Tape
Bridegroom
Buffalo Wings
Bulldog
Business Ethics
Butt Head
Cardinal Sin
Casual Dress
Catfish
Cautiously Optimistic
Christian Militia
Christian Scientist
Civil Disobedience
Civil Servant
Civil War
Clearly Misunderstood
Clever Fool
Click the start button to shut down
Close Distance
Comedic Tragedy
Common Sense
Congressional Ethics
Conservative Stock (as in the Stock Market)
Conventional Wisdom
Couch Potato
Creation Science
Criminal Justice
Criminal Mastermind
Crisis Management
Critical Acclaim

Looks like you have hundreds to go Craig! You're only up to "C"!!!

Hoist!

Talon · « **Reply #8 on:** October 06, 2008, 06:50:15 PM »

Quote from: Jester Whisperer on October 06, 2008, 04:50:16 PM

A large employer in the area is Occidental Chemical Corp. They are known as "Oxy". A sign on a door that is a shared office with several desks in it says, "more Oxy morons".

How about 'happily married'

No that's not an oxymoron, that's a myth!

Only kidding, my wife tells me I'm happly married all the time. $:-\$

Talon · « **Reply #9 on:** October 06, 2008, 07:00:07 PM »

Quote from: Hoist! on October 06, 2008, 05:33:43 PM

Looks like you have hundreds to go Craig! You're only up to "C"!!!

Hoist!

Didn't want to hog them all, let other post some! But here's a few:
Elevated Subway
First Annual
Great Depression
Legally Drunk
Original Copy
Postal Service
Retired Worker
Rolling Stop
Unacceptable Solution
Wicked Good

Craig

Hugh Janis · « **Reply #10 on:** October 06, 2008, 10:31:38 PM »

Quote from: Talon on October 06, 2008, 06:50:15 PM

No that's not an oxymoron, that's a myth!

Only kidding, my wife tells me I'm happly married all the time. $:-\$

I introduce my wife occasionally as my "1st wife" Karen. We've been married for 9 wonderful years, 20 overall.

hunter · « **Reply #11 on:** October 06, 2008, 10:59:44 PM »

President Barak Obama ..

Talon · « **Reply #12 on:** January 29, 2009, 02:27:52 PM »

Stripper's Dressing Room
Tentative Decision
Tragic Comedy
Unbiased Opinion (This one's for Howie, and Chip!)

Vibrating Ringtone
Wicked Good
Suicide Victim
Rolling Stop
Second Best
White Chocolate

I need something to do!!!

Screamin_Beagle · « **Reply #13 on:** January 29, 2009, 02:36:48 PM »

JUMBO SHRIMP.....

guppytrash · « **Reply #14 on:** January 29, 2009, 02:42:44 PM »

a pair of panties
just one bra

In London "lift going down" on thier elevators/lifts

Mr. We · « **Reply #15 on:** January 29, 2009, 02:59:24 PM »

Semi-boneless Ham

Talon · « **Reply #16 on:** January 29, 2009, 03:16:33 PM »

Quote from: Mr. We on January 29, 2009, 02:59:24 PM

Semi-boneless Ham

That's not personal reference is it??

Mr. We · « **Reply #17 on:** January 29, 2009, 03:20:39 PM »

gotta remove the "Semi"

Talon · « **Reply #18 on:** January 29, 2009, 03:22:40 PM »

Quote from: Mr. We on January 29, 2009, 03:20:39 PM

gotta remove the "Semi"

LRebel · « **Reply #19 on:** January 29, 2009, 03:47:35 PM »

LRebel · « **Reply #20 on:** January 29, 2009, 03:48:48 PM »

LRebel · « **Reply #21 on:** January 29, 2009, 03:49:45 PM »

LRebel · « **Reply #22 on:** January 29, 2009, 03:50:48 PM »

LRebel · « **Reply #23 on:** January 29, 2009, 03:52:25 PM »

LRebel · « **Reply #24 on:** January 29, 2009, 03:55:12 PM »

LRebel · « **Reply #25 on:** January 29, 2009, 03:56:31 PM »

LRebel · « **Reply #26 on:** January 29, 2009, 03:59:37 PM »

J-Carr · « **Reply #27 on:** January 29, 2009, 04:05:22 PM »

Cheap Harley

Ride Safe,
J-Carr

GregKhougaz · « **Reply #28 on:** January 29, 2009, 04:07:16 PM »

Favorite:

GOVERNMENT INTELLIGENCE ! ! ! !

SCRM-R · « **Reply #29 on:** January 29, 2009, 04:10:24 PM »

Quote from: Jester Whisperer on October 06, 2008, 10:31:38 PM

I introduce my wife occasionally as my "1st wife" Karen. We've been married for 9 wonderful years, 20 overall.

Who was it that said "Don't get married; instead, find a woman you don't like and give her a house"? That has stuck with me because that's pretty much the way one of mine ended.

AXIL · « **Reply #30 on:** January 29, 2009, 08:51:48 PM »

ok, i have to say it.........................harley service..... axil

Talon · « **Reply #31 on:** January 29, 2009, 09:56:05 PM »

Quote from: AXIL on January 29, 2009, 08:51:48 PM

ok, i have to say it.........................harley service..... axil

MIKEYTEE · « **Reply #32 on:** January 30, 2009, 07:19:58 AM »

Quote from: SCRM-R on January 29, 2009, 04:10:24 PM

Who was it that said "Don't get married; instead, find a woman you don't like and give her a house"? That has stuck with me because that's pretty much the way one of mine ended.

That was Ray Stevens.
Mike

kansaskim47 · « **Reply #33 on:** January 30, 2009, 12:03:07 PM »

for the sportbike crowd: Harley performance

I saw an old catalog with the words" Harley performance" on it this morning, and it made me think of this thread and why I do what I do. I have been riding for 46 years this year, and my main rider is a "98" Roadking with 106K miles.
This motorcycle is like an old shoe for me, it is comfortable and dependable. I would not hesitate to swing over it right now (IF THE WEATHER WOULD EVER CO-OPPERATE!!!) and head anywhere I could ride to.

I have ridden many other motorcycles both old and new, and I have not felt the need to change. If I felt the need for a new bike, money would not be the issue. Maybe I am stuck in the past and am too comfortable with what I know.

Kim

navdav51 · « **Reply #34 on:** January 30, 2009, 05:06:36 PM »

"Naval Intelligence"

09S/E roadglide · « **Reply #35 on:** January 30, 2009, 05:11:48 PM »

Quote from: hunter on October 06, 2008, 10:59:44 PM

President Barak Obama ..

is that an oxymoron or just moron

SE-Randy · « **Reply #36 on:** January 30, 2009, 05:49:42 PM »

Why do we park in a driveway and drive on a parkway?

thatrhinoguy · « **Reply #37 on:** February 07, 2009, 12:18:31 AM »

Did anybody mention "Your Tax Dollars At Work" ?

Ironhorse · « **Reply #38 on:** February 08, 2009, 01:42:28 AM »

Wireless cable
Friendly fire
Government Assistance
Working vacation
Christian right

And my personal favorite.......

"Heisman Winning Graduate"

planenut · « **Reply #39 on:** February 08, 2009, 04:12:49 PM »

jumbo shrimp

Magellan · « **Reply #40 on:** February 09, 2009, 07:49:31 AM »

Bankers Trust

Talon · « **Reply #41 on:** February 09, 2009, 08:17:26 AM »

Quote from: Magellan on February 09, 2009, 07:49:31 AM

Bankers Trust

Good one!!!

Capo · « **Reply #42 on:** February 09, 2009, 08:53:47 AM »

Is this where the term..

Military Intelligence should be?

SBB · « **Reply #43 on:** February 09, 2009, 09:09:46 AM »

Quote from: Capo on February 09, 2009, 08:53:47 AM

Is this where the term..

Military Intelligence should be?

hmmmmmmmmmm

Screamin'Eagle~Sweetie · « **Reply #44 on:** February 10, 2009, 05:23:41 PM »

dry wine ?!

Ironhorse · « **Reply #45 on:** February 11, 2009, 01:34:56 AM »

Happily Married

Mr. We · « **Reply #46 on:** February 12, 2009, 12:05:20 PM »

Logistics

(no logic in logistics!)

Mr. We · « **Reply #47 on:** February 12, 2009, 03:28:00 PM »

Truth Commission to Investigate Bush-Cheney Administration Abuses!!!

Brinks · « **Reply #48 on:** February 12, 2009, 03:30:35 PM »

Screaming Eagle

arcticdude · « **Reply #49 on:** February 12, 2009, 04:24:29 PM »

Fight for Peace!

Ironhorse · « **Reply #50 on:** February 16, 2009, 07:04:20 PM »

War Games

Capo · « **Reply #51 on:** February 16, 2009, 09:19:02 PM »

Part III from the Carlin list

Ice Water, Iced Coffee
Idiot Savant
Incredibly Convincing
Independent Financial Advisor
Industrial Park
Inexpensive Car
Inside Out
Instant Classic
Internet Security
Invisible Ink
Irate Patient
Jet Lag
Jews for Jesus
Job Security
Jumbo Shrimp
Junk Food
Lamp Shade
Larger Half (ie: "We cut the cake in half, but my older brother always manages to get the larger half.")
Last Initial
Lean Pork
Least Favorite
Legal Brief
Legally Drunk
Legitimate Ruler
Liberal Bias
Liberal Republican
Light Heavyweight
Light-Skinned Black
Limited Edition Print
Limited Lifetime Guarantee
Liquid Crystal
Liquid Gas
Little Giant
Live Recording
Living Dead, Living Will
Long Shorts
Loud Whisper
"Love to Hate"
Low Altitude
Man Child
Mandatory Elective
Mandatory Option
Marijuana Initiative
Medium Rare
Melted Ice
Mercy Killing
Metal Wood (golf club)
Microsoft Works
Mild Abrasive
Military Intelligence, Military Justice
Minor Disaster
Miracle Drug
Mobile Station
Modern Classic
Modern History
Mournful Optimism
Moving Target
Much Less
Music Business
Mutual Differences
Natural Makeup
Near Miss
Necessary Evil
Negative Growth (economic recession)
Negative Patient Heath Outcome (hospital-speak for "you're dead")
New and Improved
"New Antiques arriving daily!"
New Classic
New Old Stock
New Tradition
Night Light
Non-Dairy Creamer
Non-Denominational Church
Non-Stop Flight
"Now, then"
Old Boy
Old News
One-man band
Only Choice
Open Marriage
Open Secret
Organized Mess
Original Copy
Oxymoron (oxy=sharp, moron=dull)
Paid Volunteer
Partial Victory
Partially Complete
Passive Aggressive
Passive Preamp (an audio preamplfier is active by definion)
Peace Force, Peace Offensive, Peacemaker Missile
Perfect Idiot
Perfectly Awful
Permanent (as in hair treatment that has to be done regularly)
Pet Fish
Pianoforte
Plastic Cork (I opened a bottle of cheap wine just last night!)
Plastic Drop Cloth
Plastic Glasses, Plastic Silverware
Plastic Wood Blocks (percussion instrument)
Play Responsibly (tag line in lottery ads)
Political Science
Postal Service

Capo · « **Reply #52 on:** February 16, 2009, 09:19:33 PM »

Part II from the Carlin list

Dark Star
Date Rape
Deafening Silence
Death Benefits
Definite Maybe
Detailed Summary
Devout Atheist
Diet Ice Cream
Disinformation
Divided Loyalty
Dodge Ram
Doing Nothing
Domestic Violence
Double Solitaire
Down Escalator
Drink Responsibly (hypocritical tag line on liquor and beer commercials)
Drug War
Dry Gin, Dry Ice, Dry Lake, Dry Martini
Dull Knife
Economic Science
Educational TV
Elementary Calculus
Elevated Subway
Elevator Shoes
Evaporated Milk
Even Odds
Exact Estimate
Executive Assistant
Express Bus
Extended Limits
Extinct Life
Extra Time, Extra Money
Extra Virgin (the opposite of "A Little Pregnant")
Factory Air
Family Planning Association (you go there to not have a family!)
Family Vacation
Fatally Injured
Female Sperm Whale
First Annual
Foreign National
Forward Lateral (football term)
Found Missing
Free Gift
Freezer Burn
Fresh Cheese
Fresh Frozen
Fresh Smelt
Friendly Argument
Friendly Fire
Front End
Fun Run
Functional Illiterate
Fuzzy Logic
Garage Apartment
Gentleman Bandit
Gentleman's Club
Gentle Turbulence
Girly Man
Global Village
Good Cigar
Good Grief
Good Loser
Good Riddance
Good chit
Gourmet Pizza
Government Organization
Government Intelligence
Government Worker
Graduate Student
Graphic Language
Great Depression (what was so great about it?)
Greater Cleveland
Greater Evil
Group of individuals
Growing Smaller
Guest Host
Gun Safe
Half Full (or Half Empty)
Hamburger Steak
Happily Married (groan)
Hard Curve
Hard Liquor
Hard Pillow
Hard Roll
Hard Water
Haitian former President-for-life Jean-Claude Duvalier
Head Butt
Healthy Tan
Heavy Gas
Hermitage (where multiple hermits live)
Hell's Angels
High Minimum Wage
High-Speed Computer
Higher Ground
Highway Underpass
Holistic Healing
Hollow Point
Holy Crap
Holy War
Homeopathic Medicine
Honest Cheater (click for proof)
Honest Crook
Hopelessly Optimistic
Horse Fly
Hot Chili
Hot Ice
Hot Water Heater
House Boat
House Plant
Humane Slaughter
Humble Opinion

Capo · « **Reply #53 on:** February 16, 2009, 09:20:33 PM »

From the late Great George Carlin
Part I

A 12-Ounce Pound Cake
Accurate Horoscope
Act Naturally
Adult Children
Advanced BASIC
African American (Italian American, Polish American, etc.)
Agree to Disagree
Airline Food
Almost Done, Almost Exactly, Almost Ready
Alone Together
American Indian
Amicable Divorce
Anarchy Rules!
Anxious Patient
Appearance Hearing (court appearance)
Approximately Equal
Artificial Intelligence
Assistant Supervisor
Auction Winner (you still have to pay for it!)
Audience Participation
Authentic Reproduction
Awfully Good
Awfully Nice
Baby Grand
Bad Health
Bad Luck
Bad Sex
Bad Sport
Ball Club
Beaver Moon (think about it)
Benign Tumor
Black Gold (slang for crude oil)
Black Light
Black Russian
Blue Bird of Happiness
Blue Green
Big Baby
Birthday Suit
Bitter Sweet
Boneless Ribs
Books on Tape
Bridegroom
Bright Night
Buffalo Wings
Bulldog
Business Ethics
Butt Head
Cardinal Sin
Casual Dress
Catfish
Cautiously Optimistic
Charm Offensive
Chocolate 'Nilla Wafers
Christian Militia
Christian Scientist
Civil Disobedience
Civil Servant
Civil War
Classic Rock
Clean Litter
Clearly Misunderstood
Clever Fool
Click the start button to shut down
Close Distance
Cold Fever, Cold Sweat
Comedic Tragedy
Commercial Art
Common Sense
Compassionate Conservative
Computer Jock
Concession Stand
Congressional Ethics
Conscious Sedation (hospital term)
Consensual Rape
Conservative Stock (as in the Stock Market)
Conservative Think Tank
Constant Change, Constant Variable
Constitutional Amendment to Ban Flag Burning
Conventional Wisdom
Couch Potato
Crash Landing
Creation Science
Criminal Justice
Criminal Mastermind
Crisis Management
Critical Acclaim
Cruel to be Kind
Cupboard
Current History

Posthumous Conception (using sperm frozen before the donor died)
Preemptive Self-Defense
Preliminary Final
Press Release
Pretty Ugly
Primitive Technology (Aboriginal and other early crafts)
Private Community
Progressive Conservative
Public Opinion (opinions are unique)
Pure Evil
Quicksand (you sink into it very slowly)
Random Logic
Rap Artist
Rap Music, Military Music
Rarely Done
Reagan Democrat
Reagan's Memoirs
Reality Television
Recent History
Red Licorice
Relaxation Exercise
Religious Education
Religious Right (because they're wrong)
Religious Tolerance
Resident Alien
Restless Sleep
Retired Worker
Rolling Stop
Rogue Cop
Rural Metro (ambulance service)
Rush Hour
RV Resort
Safe Sex
Safety Hazard
Same Difference
Sanitary Landfill
Sanitary Napkin
Science Fiction
Scientific Consensus
Second Best
See-Saw
Self-help Group
Self-rescue (wind-surfing term)
Self-taught
Serious Clown
"Seriously, you need to lighten up."
Short Distance
Signing Off On something
Silent Alarm
Silent Scream
Single Diversity (a type of wireless microphone)
Singular Relationship
Sit Up
Slumber Party
Small Crowd
Small World
Social Outcast
Social Science
Soft Rock
Solo Concert
Sour Cream
Speed Limit
Spendthrift
Stand Down
Stock Modified (performance car term)
Stop Action (w/thanks to John Sweeney)
Straight Hooks
String Cheese
Stripper's Dressing Room
Structured C Program
Student Teacher
Suicide Victim
Sure Bet
Sweet and Sour
Sweet Sorrow
Synthetic natural gas
Tabled Motion
Talk Show
Tax Free, Tax Relief, Tax Return
Tentative Decision
Terribly Nice
Terribly Pleased
Terrific Headache
Tight Slacks
Titanium woods (golf clubs)
Toll Free
Tough Love
Toxic Assets
Traffic Flow
Tragic Comedy
Truck Farm
Turned Up Missing
Unacceptable Solution
Unbiased Opinion
Uninvited Guest
United Independent (a real taxi company in Los Angeles)
United Nations
Unknown Identity
Upper Low (weather term)
Upside Down
Urban Cowboy
Useful Oxymoron
Vacation Bible School
Vibrating Ringtone
Victimless Crime
Virtual Reality
Virtually Identical
Wake (you wake up, yet at a wake you're dead)
War Games
Where the Truth Lies
White Chocolate
White Lie
Wicked Good
Wireless Cable (type of cable TV transmission)
Work Party
Working Vacation
Young Adult

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