I recently saw a movie trailer (cant recall the name though) last year in which in one scene a boy and older guy plays a game where they come up with oxymorons.....well lets see what oxymorons you know...
for those who may not know what it is....no its not a person who takes a particular precription drug, (Rush)
in time you ll get it.
okay here's my few that I came up with.
"awfully good" job
"Fine Mess" you got us into
"pressing the start button to turn it off"
"pretty ugly"
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Thread: Oxymorons......lets see them
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05-02-2012, 11:08 AM #1WYSIWYG- working on it
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Oxymorons......lets see them
Last edited by Frnkd; 05-02-2012 at 11:15 AM.
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05-02-2012, 11:15 AM #2
Faster, Better, Cheaper
Revised to:
Faster,Better, Deeper
Context: The motto of NASA mission planning and development around the 1990-2000 timeframe. After creating a few pieces of space, planetary debris, and more than one unintentional crater "we" corrected it by changing cheaper to deeper.
Good example of an oxy-moron:
2 + 2 = 5 (for extremely large values of 2)
Try SCE to AUX
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05-02-2012, 11:16 AM #3Wearing Muscles 24/7
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I am busy doing nothing.
Everything is so random there must be a pattern.
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05-02-2012, 11:17 AM #4Registered User
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Guilty Pleasure, Awfully Nice, Tragic Comedy
John 4:20
Romans 12 :2
Ephesiens 6:13
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05-02-2012, 11:17 AM #5Bammed
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military intelligence
less is more
deafening silence
One of the better crafted ones I've ever heard came from M. Python in the "Trial of Attila the Hun Sketch".
"Just as everyone expected, a surprise witness.""Blessed be the Lord my rock, who trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle." - Psalm 144:1
Also, taxation is theft.
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05-02-2012, 11:19 AM #6Progress not Perfection
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Braille in the drive though teller.
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05-02-2012, 11:19 AM #7I grunt
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exact estimate
definite maybe
small crowd
and of course.....Jumbo shrimpI'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. ~ Thomas Jefferson
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05-02-2012, 11:20 AM #8Bammed
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beef cake
smart powerlifter
wait wut"Blessed be the Lord my rock, who trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle." - Psalm 144:1
Also, taxation is theft.
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05-02-2012, 11:24 AM #9Wearing Muscles 24/7
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pretty ugly
plastic glasses**DIRTYSOUTHCREW**
#sizeistheprizeswoleisthegoal
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metal wood (golf club)
airline schedule
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05-02-2012, 11:27 AM #12Registered User
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smart misc
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05-02-2012, 11:35 AM #13Coccidioidomycosis
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Constant variable, Civil War, Firm pillow
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05-02-2012, 11:48 AM #14Master Roshi
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"Near miss". If you nearly miss something, you've hit it.
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05-02-2012, 11:49 AM #15£3.50
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fat and proud
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05-02-2012, 12:28 PM #16Registered User
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Good grief!
Will this thread be an easy challenge?
I am absolutely uncertain...
(Good idea, OP. It couldn't be more perfect!)Last edited by UnaChispita; 05-02-2012 at 12:34 PM.
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05-02-2012, 12:38 PM #17Manlet Extraordinaire
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05-02-2012, 12:46 PM #18WYSIWYG- working on it
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Interesting responses so far.
I'm open to any suggestions and have a difficult time accepting limitations without an honest effort on my part, you can count on that!
"iCan, iWill, iHave"
There are always choices, no bad ones, no good ones, only "great" ones,
"Oh, great!" :)
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05-02-2012, 12:48 PM #19
Good Thread
If you poke a bear in the eye, expect a bear like response.
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05-02-2012, 01:30 PM #20Registered User
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-------LOL I was thinking just MORON but okOriginally Posted by mslman71
Faster, Better, Cheaper
Revised to:
Faster,Better, Deeper
Context: The motto of NASA mission planning and development around the 1990-2000 timeframe. After creating a few pieces of space, planetary debris, and more than one unintentional crater "we" corrected it by changing cheaper to deeper.
Good example of an oxy-moron:
John 4:20
Romans 12 :2
Ephesiens 6:13
"The Lord is my rock,my fortress and my deliverer, my God is my rock, in whom shall I take refuge"
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05-02-2012, 01:39 PM #21Banned
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An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the next day
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late
Isn't it ironic, don't you think
It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought, it figures
Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought
"Well, isn't this nice."
And isn't it ironic,l don't you think
Well, life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything's okay and everything's going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up
In your face
A traffic jam when you're already late
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It's like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife
It's meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn't it ironic, don't you think
A little too ironic, and yeah I really do thinkLast edited by LilBeastmode; 05-02-2012 at 02:40 PM.
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05-02-2012, 01:42 PM #22I'm not that bright
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I see wut u did thur.Originally Posted by Brackneyc
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my favorite; Save money -- buy now!
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05-02-2012, 01:54 PM #24The show goes on
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seriously funny
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05-02-2012, 01:54 PM #25The show goes on
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moderate intensity
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05-02-2012, 02:25 PM #28Manlet Extraordinaire
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05-02-2012, 02:26 PM #29sudo apt-get beer
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My photochopping skills aren't at IC's level! LOLI'm a sad little man
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Hey now, lol! Neutralled.Originally Posted by DubfromGA
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