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Pronunciation: "äk-sE-'mor-"än
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural ox·y·mo·ra /-'mor-&/
Etymology: Late Greek oxymOron, from
neuter of oxymOros pointedly foolish, from Greek oxys sharp, keen
+ mOros foolish Date: 1657 : a combination of contradictory
or incongruous words (as cruel kindness) - ox·y·mo·ron·ic
/-m&-'rä-nik, -mo-/ adjective -
ox·y·mo·ron·i·cal·ly /-ni-k(&-)lE/ adverb
Defination courtesy Merrian-Webster's OnLine Dictionary
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We have not published some oxymora in order to comply with the "l 0" (language) rating.
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- A -
Accidentally on purpose
Accurate estimate
Act naturally
Acute dullness
Active retirement
Advanced BASIC
Aerobic excrcise
Agree to disagree
Almost always
Almost certain
Almost exactly
Almost never
Alone together
Anarchy rules
Artificial grass
Authentic replica
Authentic reproduction
- B -
Baby Grand
Bitter sweet
Black Gold
Black Light
Blind viewer
Brave Wimp
Brigh Shade
Business casual
Butt head
- C -
Calm storm
Camp resort
Clean dirt
Clearly ambiguous
Clearly confused
Clearly misunderstood
Cold Fire
Conservative liberal
Constant change
Constant variable
Cruel kindness
- D -
Deafening silence
Dark light
Deeper high
Definite maybe
Deliberate mistake
Dodge ram
Double solitaire
Dress pants
Dull shine
- E -
Eloquent silence
Exact estimate
Executive secretary
Expanded basic
Expected surprise
Extinct Life
- F -
Fast idle
Fiber glass
Fire water
Found missing
Fresh frozen
Front End
Full-time hobby
- G -
Genuine fake
Genuine imitation
Giant shrimp
Go ahead, back up
Good grief
Graduate student
Guest host
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- H -
Home office
Honest crook
Hot chili
Hot Ice
Huge market niche
- I -
Ice water
Icy hot
Idiot savant
Ill health
Important trivia
Increasing declines
Inmate trustee
In-school suspension
Inside out
Irate patient
- J -
Jumbo shrimp
- K -
Knothole
Kosher ham
Krispy Kreme
- L -
Lace-up loafers
Legally drunk
Legal Alien
Light-Heavyweight
Liquid crystal
Liquid gas
Liquid paper
Limited Lifetime Warranty
Little giants
Living dead
Loud whisper
Low cliff
- M -
Male Ladybug
Mandatory options
Medium Large
Metal Woods
Mighty weak
Mild abrasive
Military intelligence
Mute sound
- N -
Native Immigrant
Never again
Near miss
New classic
"Now, then ..."
Numb feeling
- O -
Obvious secret
Only choice
Only option
Open circuit
Organized chaos
Original copy
Outer core
- P -
Paid volunteer
Paper tablecloth
Partially complete
Passive aggression
Peace force
Plastic glass
Plastic straw
Plastic wood
Player coach
Press release
Pretty ugly
Pro-contra
Pure filth
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- Q -
Quiet Riot
- R -
Real copy
Real fake
Redundant redundancy
Resident alien
Rolling stop
Rubber cement
- S -
Sad Joy
Same difference
Second best
Self service
Silent alarm
Silent scream
Skinny broad
Small crowd
Soft rock
Static variable
Steel wool
Stool pigeon
Straight angle
Student teacher
Sun shade
Sweet sorrow
Sweet tart
Synthetic natural gas
- T -
Taped live
Tense calm
Terribly nice
Terribly pleased
Thick film
Tight slacks
Toll free
Totally partial
Tough love
Twelve-ounce pound cake
- U -
Unacceptable solution
Unbiased opinion
Unsalted saltines
Upper low
- V -
Valley high
Valuable junk
Vegetarian hamburger
Vegetarian meatloaf
Vertical horizon
Virtual reality
Volunteer job
- W -
Weekday
Wet Drywall
White chocolate
White gold
Withheld contribution
Whole half
Wireless cable TV
Wise Fool
Working vacation
- X -
Xenophobic foreign secretary
- Y -
Yellow orange
Young conservative
- Z -
Zero interest
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