Oxymoron Example List
Here are our top 36 favourite
oxymorons – oxymorons in a
loose sense of the word:
| open secret | larger half | clearly confused |
| act naturally | alone together | Hell's Angels |
| found missing | liquid gas | civil engineer |
| deafening silence | seriously funny | living dead |
| Microsoft Works | military intelligence | jumbo shrimp |
| Advanced BASIC | tragic comedy | unbiased opinion |
| virtual reality | definite maybe | original copies |
| pretty ugly | same difference | plastic glasses |
| almost exactly | constant variable | even odds |
| minor crisis | extinct life | genuine imitation |
| exact estimate | only choice | freezer burn |
| free love | working holiday | rolling stop |
Your Funny Oxymorons
Here's a selection of some of the best oxymorons that have been sent to us by our visitors:
| Great Depression | free trade | peacekeeper missile |
| sweet tart | crash landing | now then |
| butt head | sweet sorrow | student teacher |
| silent scream | taped live | alone together |
| good grief | tight slacks | living dead |
| near miss | light tanks | old news |
| hot chilli | criminal justice | peace force |
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