Oxymoron

Oxymoron

Oxymoron is a figure of speech in English in which two opposite words are put together. Oxymorons can sometimes be funny too, as we find that two contradictory words placed together to give a meaning. For example, ‘act naturally’ is one of the famous oxymorons where we know that both the words have contradictory meaning, yet put together. Find some of the interesting oxymorons below.

1. Act naturally

2. Found missing

3. Resident alien

4. Advanced BASIC

5. Genuine imitation

6. Airline food

7. Good grief

8. Same difference

9. Almost exactly

10. Government organization

11. Sanitary landfill

12. Alone together

13. Legally drunk

14. Silent scream

15. American history

16. Living dead

17. Small crowd

18. Business ethics

19. Soft rock

20. Butt head

21. Military intelligence

22. Software documentation

23. New York culture

24. New classic

25. Sweet sorrow

26. Childproof

27. "Now, then..."

28. Synthetic natural gas

29. Passive aggression

30. Taped live

31. Clearly misunderstood

32. Peace force

33. Extinct life

34. Temporary tax increase

35. Computer jock

36. Plastic glasses

37. Terribly pleased

38. Computer security

39. Political science

40. Tight slacks

41. Definitely maybe

42. Pretty ugly

43. Twelve-ounce pound cake

44. Diet ice cream

45. Working vacation

46. Exact estimate

47. Microsoft Works