Top 50 Oximorons

Started by LPChip, March 20, 2007, 14:10:49

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LPChip

50. Act naturally
49. Found missing
48. Resident alien
47. Advanced BASIC
46. Genuine imitation
45. Airline Food
44. Good grief
43. Same difference
42. Almost exactly
41. Government organization
40. Sanitary landfill
39. Alone together
38. Legally drunk
37. Silent scream
36. American history
35. Living dead
34. Small crowd
33.Business ethics
32. Soft rock
31. Butt Head
30. Military Intelligence
29. Software documentation
28. New York culture
27. New classic
26. Sweet sorrow
25.Childproof
24. "Now, then ..."
23. Synthetic natural gas
22. Christian Scientists
21. Passive aggression
20. Taped live
19. Clearly misunderstood
18. Peace force
17. Extinct Life
16. Temporary tax increase
15. Computer jock
14. Plastic glasses
13. Terribly pleased
12. Computer security
11. Political science
10. Tight slacks
9. Definite maybe
8. Pretty ugly
7. Twelve-ounce pound cake
6. Diet ice cream
5. Rap music
4. Working vacation
3. Exact estimate
2. Religious tolerance



And the #1,
top OXYMORON . . .


Microsoft Works

:nuts:
"Heh, maybe I should've joined the compo only because it would've meant I wouldn't have had to worry about a damn EQ or compressor for a change. " - Atlantis
"yes.. I think in this case it was wishful thinking: MPT is makng my life hard so it must be wrong" - Rewbs

Saga Musix

my favourites from your list:
Microsoft Works :twisted:
Rap Music :D
Butt Head  :o
Soft rock :)
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SoundCrafter

Kudos on:
50, 41, 33, 32, 29, 24 (lol), 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, and 1
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Snu

my personal favorite oxymoron: common sense

BooT-SectoR-ViruZ

Quote30. Military Intelligence
:lol: ...imho the best

Quote16. Temporary tax increase
:wink:
10 years on ModPlug... f#cking hell...

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Pesho_Zmiata

Rap Music - totally, my favourite of them all :nuts: Then there's "Religious tolerance" :lol:

Sam_Zen

Fun, this ! My semantic favourites : Act naturally - Almost exactly - New classic - Taped live
In another field : Religious tolerance - Christian Scientists - Military Intelligence - Peace force
(BTW : I didn't know about this 'Oxymoron'. Where does this term comes from ?)
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SoundCrafter

@Sam: It's an English word for a set of contradictory words.
---Formerly known as ---DjBj---. changed names for lots of reasons.
BooT-SectoR-ViruZ is the new Skaven and the whole world'z goin' to Hell.
Lowpass filter! Perform a generic type of dodge!!! :lol:
Everyone should get on this forum's chatroom RIGHT NOW...still not sure why, though.

Saga Musix

to be exactly, it's greek.... :D
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LPChip

Isn't it latin?

Like Axioma?
"Heh, maybe I should've joined the compo only because it would've meant I wouldn't have had to worry about a damn EQ or compressor for a change. " - Atlantis
"yes.. I think in this case it was wishful thinking: MPT is makng my life hard so it must be wrong" - Rewbs

Sam_Zen

It could have been an idiot with only air inside.
According to the Wiki it's greek..
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SoundCrafter

Quote from: "Sam_Zen"It could have been an idiot with only air inside.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
---Formerly known as ---DjBj---. changed names for lots of reasons.
BooT-SectoR-ViruZ is the new Skaven and the whole world'z goin' to Hell.
Lowpass filter! Perform a generic type of dodge!!! :lol:
Everyone should get on this forum's chatroom RIGHT NOW...still not sure why, though.

Sam_Zen

I just recalled, that I maybe did make my own oxymoron. I made up the title for a multi-media art performance in Eindhoven, NL, 1991 :
Zwaar Licht. Translated : "Heavy Light".
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Saga Musix

i also have one, it's even on my website:
"Earlier News" :D
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Dj Cruk CHIKIN

Owned... lol, I didn't even realize any of them, and we use them all the time. lol, MS.
Eat... Its good for you.