Oxymorons...

The Loony Bin ( loonies@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk )
Tue, 16 Jul 1996 08:04:44 +0100


Hiya People...

Here's the definative list of oxymorons...unless you know better...

Wishes & Dreams...

- ANDREA
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OXYMORONS: The Complete List?

advanced basic
airline food (also: junk food, hospital food)
alone together
amateur expert
baby grand (piano)
black light
brief survey
civil war
congressional ethics
criminal justice
crisis management
deafening silence
death benefits
divorce court
down escalator
dry wine
elementary calculus
evaporated milk
extra time
fast idle
flexible freeze (economics)
freezer burn
fresh frozen
friendly arguement
gourmet pizza
governmental efficiency
great depression
guest host
half full (also half empty)
honest crook
hopelessly optimistic
idiot savant
industrial park
irate patient
jumbo shrimp
lean pork
light-heavyweight
live recording
mandatory option
marijuana initiative
medium large
mild abrasive
minor disaster
mobil station
no-good do-gooder!
non-stop flight
old news
organized mess
original copy
oxymorons in vehicle names: Dodge Ram
oxymorons in vehicle names: Cherokee Pioneer
partially completed
passive agression
peacekeeper missile
perfect idiot
plastic glasses
pretty ugly
random logic (fuzzy logic)
rap music
renegade lawmakers (from CNN during the battle in Moscow.)
scheduled spontaneity (From a Franklin time management class.)
second best
singular relationship
standard deviation
student teacher
sure bet
sweet sorrow
terribly nice
turbo diesel
unacceptable solution
work party
working vacation