Oxymorons

[Venod]

Raised to the ground, has always baffled me, did it come from below ground? no, it collapsed, fell down, there was no raising involved.

But is that an awfully good oxymoron? or even an oxymoron.

 

[Blue Hills]

Pan fried..
What else are you going to fry it in?

isn't that a tautology, not an oxymoron?

 

[HMS_Dave]

Rap Music.

 

[Pale Rider]

Raised to the ground, has always baffled me, did it come from below ground? no, it collapsed, fell down, there was no raising involved.

But is that an awfully good oxymoron? or even an oxymoron.

It's 'razed', which strange to relate means completely destroy a building or group of buildings.

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

Fun run... <shudders>

 

[Cycleops]

With a pair of slacks and a smart blazer, one can be unwelcome everywhere.

Blimey, it's a long time since I heard trousers being referred to as 'slacks'.
In fact I was in my early teens when my mother marched me into the local gents outfitters and asked for some trousers for me, only for the assistant to tell her what I needed was a pair of slacks.

 

[Dayvo]

Happy Christmas (an oxymoron, not an early greeting) - and I do realise it’s subjective.

 

[Alex321]

Raised to the ground, has always baffled me, did it come from below ground? no, it collapsed, fell down, there was no raising involved.

But is that an awfully good oxymoron? or even an oxymoron.

The word is "Razed", not "raised". Very different meaning, although it sounds the same.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/raze

 

[Alex321]

isn't that a tautology, not an oxymoron?

It would be, if it were the only way of frying things.

But your fish & chips from the local chippy is "fried" but not "pan-fried".
"Pan fried" means using a frying pan, rather than a deep-fat fryer.

 

[Alex321]

One that always annoys me is football commentators saying "saved by the woodwork" when a shot hits the post or crossbar. No, what "saved" the defence was that the shot wasn't quite on target. Hitting the post isn't what stopped it going in.

 

[PeteXXX]

Raised to the ground, has always baffled me, did it come from below ground? no, it collapsed, fell down, there was no raising involved.

But is that an awfully good oxymoron? or even an oxymoron.

Isn't it 'razed'?

Edit: Beaten to it..

 

[PeteXXX]

Definite possibility

 

[Dirk]

Shabby chic.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Police intelligence.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Staycation - Used when someone has not in fact stayed at home for a holiday. They have in fact gone somewhere for a holiday.

It is probably more a contextualmoron