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| Oxymorons Galore | Views: 266 |
| May 22, 2005 12:47 am | | Oxymorons Galore | # |
Akash | | Act naturally
Found missing
Resident alien
Advanced BASIC
Genuine imitation
Airline food
Good grief
Same difference
Almost exactly
Government organization
Sanitary landfill
Alone together
Legally drunk
Silent scream
British fashion
Living dead
Small crowd
Business ethics
Soft rock
Butt head
Military intelligence
Software documentation
New York culture
New classic
Sweet sorrow
Childproof
"Now, then..."
Synthetic natural gas
Christian scientists
Passive aggression
Taped live
Clearly misunderstood
Peace force
Extinct life
Temporary tax increase
Computer jock
Plastic glasses
Terribly pleased
Computer security
Political science
Tight slacks
Definate maybe
pretty ugly
Twelve-ounce pound cake
Diet ice cream
Rap music
Working vacation
Exact estimate
Religious tolerance
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| May 23, 2005 1:17 pm | | re: Oxymorons Galore | # |
Michael Chua | | Thought of another one...
"POLITICALLY CORRECT"!!!
Michael Chua
> Akash wrote:
> Act naturally
>Found missing
>Resident alien
>Advanced BASIC
>Genuine imitation
>Airline food
>Good grief
>Same difference
>Almost exactly
>Government organization
>Sanitary landfill
>Alone together
>Legally drunk
>Silent scream
>British fashion
>Living dead
>Small crowd
>Business ethics
>Soft rock
>Butt head
>Military intelligence
>Software documentation
>New York culture
>New classic
>Sweet sorrow
>Childproof
>"Now, then..."
>Synthetic natural gas
>Christian scientists
>Passive aggression
>Taped live
>Clearly misunderstood
>Peace force
>Extinct life
>Temporary tax increase
>Computer jock
>Plastic glasses
>Terribly pleased
>Computer security
>Political science
>Tight slacks
>Definate maybe
>pretty ugly
>Twelve-ounce pound cake
>Diet ice cream
>Rap music
>Working vacation
>Exact estimate
>Religious tolerance
>
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| Mar 16, 2008 12:19 am | | re: re: Oxymorons Galore | # |
Michael Chua | | Dear Slingers
I got an enlightening article on "Hunting down life's oxymorons" by Mike George. See
http://jupilier.blogspot.com/2008/03/hunting-down-lifes-oxymorons.html
Michael Chua
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| Mar 16, 2008 3:25 am | | re: re: re: Oxymorons Galore | # |
Saunthara Subramaniam Velu | | Seriously funny stuff ;)
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| Nov 08, 2009 8:44 pm | | re: re: re: re: Oxymorons Galore | # |
Parag Pattani | | Some more...have a great week ahead !
Parag
1. Is it good if a vacuum really sucks?
2. Why is the third hand on the watch called the second hand?
3. If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know?
4. If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?
5. Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack?
6. Why does "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing?
7. Why does "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?
8. Why do "tug" boats push their barges?
9. Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game" when we are already there?
10. Why are they called "stands" when they are made for sitting?
11. Why is it called "after dark" when it really is "after light"?
12. Doesn't "expecting the unexpected" make the unexpected expected?
13. Why are a "wise man" and a "wise guy" opposites?
14. Why do "overlook" and "oversee" mean opposite things?
15. Why is "phonics" not spelled the way it sounds?
16. If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it?
17. If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?
18. If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
19. If you are cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you read all right?
20. Why do you press harder on the buttons of a remote control when you know the batteries are dead?
21. Why do we put suits in garment bags and garments in a suitcase?
22. How come abbreviated is such a long word?
23. Why do we wash bath towels? Aren't we clean when we towel dry?
24. Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
25. Why do they call it a TV set when it's only one TV?
26. Christmas - What other time of the year do you sit in front of a dead tree and eat candy out of your socks?
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| Nov 09, 2009 5:42 am | | re: re: re: re: re: Oxymorons Galore | # |
Saunthara Subramaniam Velu | | That's completely cool Paragji (or is it totally hot?)
;)
Warm Regards
Subra
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