Oxymorons

[Jody]

Friendly rebels

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Why do the brighter Oxy's just seem to keep in the background?

 

[MartinQ]

Good grief, the only option for this thread will be to come to a crash landing unless some terribly good oxymorons get posted.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Near miss. Surely if you nearly miss something, you've hit it?

 

[Ian H]

Pan fried..

..isn't oxymoronic.

 

[HMS_Dave]

Freezer Burn
Living Dead
Wise Old Fool

 

[Rocky]

You suggested they were mutually exclusive. You're wrong.

Smart casual you say........

 

[Arrowfoot]

I think "smart casual" is American in origin. I did note that there is clear gap between casual and smart casual in the US. For the latter, no ties, shirts and slacks are freshly pressed, shoes are usually shiny dressed shoes. The smart part did stand out. In the Europe, you sometimes cannot tell the difference at events.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Smart casual you say........


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Accy’s put on a few lbs😮

 

[Drago]

Near miss. Surely if you nearly miss something, you've hit it?

Thats the spirit!

 

[Dave7]

Quiz shows when they say "good guess but its wrong".
How can it be good if its wrong

 

[Blue Hills]

One of my most hated, most loathed oxymorons has just been heard on the wireless.

'Premium Economy' airline tickets. Premium is surely the opposite to economy? You cant be tall short, fat thin, or handsome ugly,

And the other one that leaves me spitting feathers is 'smart casual'. Smart and casual are two mutually exclusive concepts, like alive and dead. Its a binary choice, can't be both at once.

I do appreciate that I have too much time on my hands if I'm worrying about such matters, but hey ho.

So what oxymorons grind your gears, and why?

congratulations on getting the word "binary" into one of your posts.

 

[DaveReading]

Suffering from "mental health"
Perhaps not a true oxymoronicism but an annoying contradiction.

Reminds me of my late grandfather - one of his favourite expressions was "(so-and-so) enjoys very poor health".

 

[Drago]

congratulations on getting the word "binary" into one of your posts.

Oh my days. Ive become everything I ever hated!

 

[Blue Hills]

i fear I can see where this thread might end up.