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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Top 50 Oxymorons....

Got this from a frienf of mine and thought I'd share:

Top 50 Oxymorons
50. Act naturally
49. Found missing
48. Resident alien
47. Advanced BASIC
46. Genuine imitation
45. Airline Food4
4. Good grief
43. Same difference
42. Almost exactly
41. Government organization
50. Sanitary landfill
39. Alone together
38. Legally drunk
37. Silent scream
36. British fashion
35. Living dead
34. Small crowd
33. Business ethics
32. Soft rock
31.Home School
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
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. Friendly Fire

And the number one TOP Oxymoron:
1. Microsoft Works

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Where did you find this? I'm wondering if someone made it up. I have another one to add "quiet toddler".

Oxymoron is one of my favorite words. I just like saying it.

MattD said...

I was cleaning out my emails and found it. A buddy sent it to me months ago.
I've got another to add to
"rational woman"

HAHA

Anonymous said...

what about smart man? you just had to go there...

j_webb said...

Hmmmm Deep thoughts. How about "near-miss" when two planes nearly collide. Seems dumb.
Along the same lines, why do we park on driveways and drive on parkways? ..and why do we call them apartments if they are all together?