Oxymoron: conjoining contradictory terms (as in "deafening silence" or "mournful optimist").
2006-07-30 11:17:37 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
"Yahoo" "Answers".
Before www.yahoo.com came along, a 'yahoo' was a person who didn't know much of anything, making this web site's moniker the almost perfect oxymoron. Or, maybe not!
Nuff said!
2006-08-04 22:36:05 · answer #1 · answered by virgoascendant 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
President Bush
2006-07-30 11:20:46 · answer #2 · answered by EG345 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
White Knight
2006-07-30 11:39:03 · answer #3 · answered by BONE° 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
-agree to disagree
-alone in a crowd
-Dry Ice
-Eyes Wide Shut
-advanced beginner
-boneless ribs
-authentic reproduction
-honest crook
-locks on 7-11 stores which are open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
-pretty ugly
-working vacation
-Thunderous Silence
2006-08-05 09:41:23 · answer #4 · answered by Jáe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry. I'm married to an honest lawyer......there are many out there that give the occupation a bad name......that is why in my state there is a lawyer recovery fund to help the poor victims of the bad lawyers....
2006-08-04 14:08:30 · answer #5 · answered by Sammyleggs222 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Military intelligence
jumbo shrimp
blind eye
And the largest list ever collected online:
http://www.oxymoronlist.com/
2006-07-30 11:21:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
in case you have a good palate for high quality wine, to illustrate, this is declared you have "discriminating tastes". this is ideal to paintings, song, automobiles, etc. Being "discriminating" ability you could choose good high quality from undesirable high quality. If 2 human beings prepare for one job, the hiring agent ought to discriminate (decide for one or the different, or neither). this is "useful" discrimination whilst the factors are clever and basically. The objections arise whilst the factors are inane and unjust.
2016-11-03 08:06:35 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We drive on a parkway and park in a driveway.
Here is a site with thousands of them listed in alphabetical order.
http://www.oxymoronlist.com/
2006-07-30 11:28:30 · answer #8 · answered by ©2009 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
same difference
smart men (sorry, couldn't help myself!!)
and this isn't really a true oxymoron, but did you realize that a building can burn up as it burns down?
2006-07-30 17:13:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Military intelligence
Mess Hall
Cautiously optimistic
born again anything
2006-07-30 11:20:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋