Top Oxymorons
Posted by: Ken (2 April, 2008)
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Head Butt
Jumbo Shrimp
American English
Clearly Ambiguous
Good Grief!
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Recorded Live
Work Party
Head Butt
Jumbo Shrimp
American English
Clearly Ambiguous
Good Grief!
Nothing Much
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Unfunny Joke
Add some more!
Comment by Vronnie
Posted on 2 April, 2008Abbreviation ( its such a long word!)
Comment by Ralph van den Berg
Posted on 3 April, 2008Military Intelligence, Deafening Silence (I wouldn't know where to put that one?), Shockingly Calm, Uncharted Territories, Feeling Numb, Motion Pictures, etc.
Comment by Ken
Posted on 3 April, 2008...So, Abbreviation isn't an oxymoron... - but I agree it is an amusing term (given that its so long...) It fits (imho) into another category of words along with;
Comment by Ken
Posted on 3 April, 2008Ah... Well, "Lisp" - impossible for people with one to say it! And Sesquipedalian - Look it up (trust me it is worth it!)
Comment by Ralph van den Berg
Posted on 3 April, 2008Haha! Sesquipedalian (I looked it up, and I advise everybody to do so), couldn't have said it better myself!!!
Comment by Ralph van den Berg
Posted on 5 April, 2008After a brief moment of thought, I believe that "Sesquipedalian" is probably better off as a redundancy. It makes oodles of sense that way.
Comment by Ralph van den Berg
Posted on 26 November, 2009OK- here's one that tops the list: Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - the fear of long words.
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