Oxymorons
Ever noticed that it's simply impossible to find seriously funny oxymorons online? The only choice is to ask one of those paid volunteers at the library – the ones in the long-sleeved T-shirts – for an original copy of some obviously obscure documents that were found missing amongst some paperwork almost exactly one hundred years ago.
Notice anything strange about the paragraph above? It makes some sort of sense, yet it's riddled with contradictions (in blue). These are oxymorons.
Oxymoron Example List
Here are our top 36 favourite oxymorons – oxymorons in a loose sense of the word:
open secret
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larger half
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clearly confused
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act naturally
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alone together
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Hell's Angels
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found missing
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liquid gas
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civil engineer
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deafening silence
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seriously funny
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living dead
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Microsoft Works
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military intelligence
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jumbo shrimp
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Advanced BASIC
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tragic comedy
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unbiased opinion
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virtual reality
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definite maybe
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original copies
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pretty ugly
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same difference
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plastic glasses
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almost exactly
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constant variable
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even odds
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minor crisis
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extinct life
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genuine imitation
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exact estimate
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only choice
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freezer burn
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free love
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working holiday
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rolling stop
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