Oxymorons

[VEGAS]

Some commonly used phrases - contradictory meaning, brought together - I suppose they are called Oxymorons

1 -Clearly misunderstood
2 - Exact Estimate
3- Small Crowd
4- Act Naturally
5- Found Missing
6- Fully Empty
7- Pretty ugly
8- Seriously funny
9- Only choice
10- Original copies

And the Mother of all......

11- Happily Married...

[DaveB]

Good one Eddie

One I always find a contradiction in terms is 'Fun Run'. WTF is that all about.. Fun Run!

ATB

DaveB

[simondix]

Honest Politician, or is that a lie.

Of course the great exponent was Samuel Goldwyn and they became known as Goldwynisms.

"A verbal contract is not worth the paper it's written on."

"Include me out."

[Rick Piper]

you missed

"Military Intelligence"

[emfrat]

Not to mention Journalists' Ethics

MikeW

[Garry Russell]

But ............there is a difference between the original post and those added.

In the original all of them contain just two words put together where the real meaning is opposite to each other with the exception of #11 (that really shouldn't be there as they are not the real meaning), where as the ones in the following posts are two words that just don't sensibly belong together (like happily married)........'Include me out' is close but three words and Verbal contracts which is a sentence.

All funny though.......

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[simondix]

But ............there is a difference between the original post and those added.

In the original all of them contain just two words put together where the real meaning is opposite to each other with the exception of #11 (that really shouldn't be there as they are not the real meaning), where as the ones in the following posts are two words that just don't sensibly belong together (like happily married)........'Include me out' is close but three words and Verbal contracts which is a sentence.

All funny though.......

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