Oxymorons

[graunch1]

Oxymoron. A statement that ties two related concepts together - or does it?

"If carrying goods in a car is shipping? Why are goods in a ship called cargo?"

Is it good if a vacuum really sucks?

If you are cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you read all right?


How about some more

 

[Kyle]

I always like the simple ones that the English language can not give us new words. Instead, we combine these to try to convey what we mean...

- A Fine Mess
- aging yuppie
- almost exactly
- Anarchy Rules!
- Dodge Ram
- graduate student
- numbing sensation
- once again
- Unsolved Mystery
- Flurry of inactivity
- Rolling Stop
- Virtual Reality
- First Annual
- Alone Together
- Gentle Turbulance

My wife can pick them out like crazy - it is almost annoying to watch the news with her since it seems the news writers are really the worst (or best should I say) at them.

 

[Elvis]

WE drive on parkways,but we park on driveways.
We sit on the stands.
And what about jumbo shrimp & fresh frozen?

 

[flythenumbers]

If you give a man with no arms a gun, is he an armed man?

 

[graunch1]

If a word is misspelled in the dictionary how would we ever know?

Why is the third hand on a clock called the second hand?

Doesn't "expecting the unexpected" make the unexpected expected? <_<

 

[donnybrook]

Dry skin on a dog is "dander" but dry skin on a human is "danderuff"

 

[Smiley]

Hey I got one! "Maintenance Engineer".

 

[CTD]

RDM = Moderator ????

 

[LongRanger]

CTD = Classy :hide:

You're right, they don't need to see the BBQ for cooking, just for flavour. As for not needing babybacks - have you forgotten how classy I am?

 

[flythenumbers]

Can you procrastinate procrastinating?

 

[CTD]

Longranger = long?

 

[snowbird]

Rap Music

 

[Guest_Whirlygirl]

Government assistance :huh: :wacko:

 

[donnybrook]

Not an oxymoron, but what about the term..."irregardless"?

 

[twinstar_ca]

why is an orange an orange, but grapes and bananas aren't purples and yellow's?? :wacko:

and is a fly with no wings a walk?? :blink:

how can something inflammable be flamable!!!!