We seem to have picked up from the Americans words that have a contradiction in meaning. For example: "Fresh Frozen" - When it can no longer be fresh if frozen. Or "Friendly Fire" - When if your shot by someone how can that be deemed friendly! Can you suggest or create other words that are contrary and give their meanings?
2006-09-07 02:22:17 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
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
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
2006-09-07 04:15:19 · answer #1 · answered by lucky 2 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Military Intelligence
Jumbo Shrimp
Women's Intuition
2006-09-07 09:29:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jumbo Shrimp
2006-09-07 09:25:09 · answer #3 · answered by beckerdite1964@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reagan Memoirs
2006-09-07 09:28:49 · answer #4 · answered by }pixie{ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bush Administration
2006-09-07 09:24:19 · answer #5 · answered by sammi 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Off the top of my head, I can think of just one...Jumbo Shrimp.
In English, Jumbo means BIG and Shrimp Means very Small.
Edit-Ok, I 'm back. I went surfing to see if I could find something to jar my memory for oxymorans, and I found a site which lists thousands of the things.
Grin..and my Jumbo Shrimp was listed, and I had a belly laugh over "New Used Cars."
Have fun.
2006-09-07 13:35:52 · answer #6 · answered by Matilda 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Civil War
Concious Sedation
2006-09-07 16:34:17 · answer #7 · answered by crale70 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
One dark night in the middle of the day, two dead boys got up to play. Back to back they faced each other, drew their swords and shot each other. A deaf policeman heard the noise and came and shot those two dead boys. If you don't believe it's true, ask the blind man cause he saw it too!
2006-09-07 09:30:19 · answer #8 · answered by hiddenhotty 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Oxymorons?
Almost Ready - you are either ready or not! Also awfully nice, fatally injured and gunboat diplomacy come to mind!
2006-09-07 09:24:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
cease fire , do they ever relay happen . in the middle east they call a cease fire . once a month .
freedom of speech .
United Nations .
2006-09-07 09:35:45 · answer #10 · answered by kevin d 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋