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    Fun Oxymorons

    definite maybe
    cafeteria food
    computer security
    randomly organized
    rap music
    windows upgrade
    government organization

    and my favorite:

    Microsoft Works

    Anyone else have some fun ones?

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    Council worker

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    Here are quite a few. I actually found a page with hundreds, but I can't remember where. I will try to find it. BTW, the plural is oxymora.

    Act naturally
    Advanced BASIC
    Aging yuppie
    Clearly confused
    Clearly misunderstood
    Definite maybe
    Dry beer
    English Efficiency
    Exact estimate
    Fighting for peace
    Found missing
    Friendly competitor
    Graduate student
    Gunboat diplomacy
    Hard water
    Industrial park
    Ironwood
    Kosher ham
    Liquid crystal
    Military Intellegence
    Monopoly
    Never generalize
    OpenVMS
    Passive aggression
    Plastic glasses
    Plastic silverware
    Pretty ugly
    Progressive Conservative
    Real fantasy
    Rolling stop
    Same difference
    Silent scream
    Student teacher
    Tax return
    Terminal initialization
    This page intentionally left blank Computer Documentation
    True story
    Unbiased opinion
    United States
    Vegetable beef soup
    Virtual reality
    Waiting patiently
    Work Party
    Working vacation

    "Borrowed" from this page:

    http://www.ri.ac.uk/DFRL/D.H.Gay/Oxymora.html


    Some of my personal favorites:

    Friendly fire
    Jumbo shrimp
    Civil war
    Last edited by Scorpio69; 10-05-2001 at 04:14 AM.

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    Secure Microsoft OS

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    Okay,

    Australian English
    Crash Landing
    Coalition Unity
    Cheap Justice
    Down Elevator
    Easy Finance
    Economics Expert
    English Cricket Team
    English Quality
    Friendly Fire
    Free Warranty
    Happy Ending
    Help Desk
    Kiwi Cricket Team
    Quality Journalism
    Quick Chevy
    Rhetoric
    Tax Relief
    Viable Airline
    Virtual Reality

    Just a few that spring to mind, and a few more, and some too.
    Cheers, Rusty.
    Last edited by RustyGT; 10-05-2001 at 09:54 AM.

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    near-miss

    good-morning

    bad sex

    lost & found (how can something be lost AND found? It's only one or the other.)

    perfect child

    honest lawyer

    lifetime guarantee

    no-fault insurance

    unemployment check

    blow job

    dependable Ford

    over-sleeping (how can one sleep too much?)

    over-paid

    must-see TV

    Reverend Jackson

    User-friendly Macintosh (or intuitive Mac, shyeah!)

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    Originally posted by Scorpio69 BTW, the plural is oxymora.
    Thanks for the info. Obviously, I didn't know that

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    i think the ultimate is

    Central Intelligence Agency

    the yamminator

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    Jumbo Shrimp
    Quiet Riot
    Freezer Burn
    Icy Hot
    Alone Together

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    Last edited by Target; 10-05-2001 at 12:48 PM.

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    Comfortably Numb Help Desk

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    terribly helpful
    expansion set

    sorry, i'm brain dead today

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    same difference
    happily married (lol)

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    Thanks for the info. Obviously, I didn't know that
    I didn't either until I stumbled across a website devoted to them. BTW, I found the link to it, but it's down. I will check again later and post if it comes back up. This site has hundreds.

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