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Oxymoron!

  • 05-12-2008 9:05pm
    #1
    Black Swan
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 47,539 CMod ✭✭✭✭


    What is your favourite oxymoron?

    Mine: Military intelligence.


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Comments

  • #2
    brianthebard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    No you're an oxymoron!

    em....


  • #3
    Ciaran500
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,225 ✭✭✭Ciaran500


    Women drivers


  • #4
    Black Swan
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 47,539 CMod ✭✭✭✭Black Swan


    brianthebard wrote: »
    No you're an oxymoron!

    em....
    Don't confuse me with Yor Ma!:pac:


  • #5
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Mutally Assured Destruction
    (Who's going to be around to tell from both sides!)


  • #6
    Sharpshooter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,859 ✭✭✭✭Sharpshooter


    Genuine imitation , or pretty ugly.


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  • #7
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    DEATH BENEFITS
    /post.

    *edit no. 2* party pooper:(


  • #8
    ShooterSF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,824 ✭✭✭ShooterSF


    Microsoft Works


  • #9
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Mutally Assured Destruction
    (Who's going to be around to tell from both sides!)


  • #10
    AckwelFoley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,555 ✭✭✭✭AckwelFoley


    The guy in the 'vanish oxy' advert is an oxymoron


  • #11
    Black Swan
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 47,539 CMod ✭✭✭✭Black Swan


    MagicMarker...
    You missed one!
    http://cache.jalopnik.com/cars/images/2006/05/George_HW_Bush_CIA_HQ_Road_Sign.jpg


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  • #12
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,202 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    MagicMarker wrote: »
    ABORTION DOCTOR
    .
    .
    .
    .
    /thread.

    You forgot Magic Marker.


  • #13
    brianthebard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    MM wrote:
    SOCIALIST WORKER

    This isn't an oxymoron.


  • #14
    miss deise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 52 ✭✭miss deise


    Has to be low-fat ice cream...

    No wait.. I'll be political... war on terror...


  • #15
    MizzLolly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,556 ✭✭✭MizzLolly


    Methinks some people have confused Juxtaposition and Oxymoron.:p


    /Nerd


  • #16
    Sharpshooter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,859 ✭✭✭✭Sharpshooter


    brianthebard wrote: »
    This isn't an oxymoron.

    Magic Marker was clearly confused on that one.


  • #17
    miss deise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 52 ✭✭miss deise


    MizzLolly wrote: »
    Methinks some people have confused Juxtaposition and Oxymoron.:p


    /Nerd


    Hmmm, methinks some people are being pedantic...


  • #18
    javaboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,094 ✭✭✭✭javaboy


    Oxymoron. I win.


  • #19
    Terry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yxRjxZiv2U


  • #20
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    Shaved Bush


  • #21
    cHaTbOx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,011 ✭✭✭cHaTbOx


    same difference


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  • #22
    miss deise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 52 ✭✭miss deise


    freezer burn


  • #23
    cHaTbOx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,011 ✭✭✭cHaTbOx


    living dead:D


  • #24
    miss deise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 52 ✭✭miss deise


    Common Sense


  • #25
    Sharpshooter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,859 ✭✭✭✭Sharpshooter


    Hell's Angels.


  • #26
    steo87
    Closed Accounts Posts: 510 ✭✭✭steo87


    "Great Britain"


  • #27
    PurpleBerry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,006 ✭✭✭PurpleBerry


    Act natural

    New and improved

    Fatboy Slim!


  • #28
    Spyral
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    Irish Government
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  • #29
    ROCKMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,247 ✭✭✭ROCKMAN


    Friendly Fire


  • #30
    hussey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,240 ✭✭✭hussey


    Pretty Ugly

    A good line though : "The world's full of apathy, but I don't care."


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  • #31
    Peared
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭Peared


    Good lord people, barely an oxymoron amongs yiz.

    Dictionaries ftw.


  • #32
    dSTAR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,787 ✭✭✭dSTAR


    Rest room.

    I mean c'mon.


  • #33
    Orange69
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,139 ✭✭✭Orange69


    intelligent liberal


  • #34
    Steve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,584 ✭✭✭✭Steve


    Half naked.

    American English.

    Pretty ugly.

    Anarchy rules


  • #35
    cujimmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 519 ✭✭✭cujimmy


    Government Worker
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    Definite maybe
    Religious tolerance


  • #36
    SoWatchaWant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭SoWatchaWant


    Terry's Penis.


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  • #37
    Steve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,584 ✭✭✭✭Steve


    snyper is jammy


  • #38
    javaboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,094 ✭✭✭✭javaboy


    javaboy wrote: »
    Oxymoron. I win.

    Ok if you insist. You see oxymoron comes from the Greek oxy (sharp) and moros (dull) meaning it is itself an oxymoron.


  • #39
    SoWatchaWant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭SoWatchaWant


    cujimmy wrote: »
    Government Worker
    Legally drunk
    Exact estimate
    Act naturally
    Found missing
    Small crowd
    Soft rock
    Passive aggression
    Clearly misunderstood
    Plastic glasses
    Political science
    Tight slacks
    Definite maybe
    Religious tolerance

    Excellent post... maybe too excellent...


  • #40
    Sharpshooter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,859 ✭✭✭✭Sharpshooter


    javaboy wrote: »
    Ok if you insist. You see oxymoron comes from the Greek oxy (sharp) and moros (dull) meaning it is itself an oxymoron.

    Ah, that explains why seventy something posts of mine
    got deleted in the last few hours.:)
    Some of sharpy's posts were dull.
    Therefore l am a oxymoran and l win .;)


  • #41
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,762 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    Civil war.
    Irish neutrality

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



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  • #42
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,729 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Sentence Fragment.


  • #43
    abitlonely
    Closed Accounts Posts: 165 ✭✭abitlonely


    Religious Education
    Group of individuals
    Peace Force

    Anyone who says 'almost exactly' deserves a kick in the head.


  • #44
    t-mobile1892
    Closed Accounts Posts: 41 ✭t-mobile1892


    Advanced beginner
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    :D


  • #45
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    Oxymoron


  • #46
    javaboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,094 ✭✭✭✭javaboy


    The-Rigger wrote: »
    Oxymoron

    Way too late. :D


  • #47
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    MY FAIL.


  • #48
    Red Hand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,986 ✭✭✭Red Hand


    "Now ye're talking'"


  • #49
    kpbdublin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 156 ✭✭kpbdublin


    Gourmet burger


  • #50
    dakaiser
    Closed Accounts Posts: 44 ✭dakaiser


    long mile


  • #51
    AlonsoX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28 ✭AlonsoX


    miss deise wrote: »
    Has to be low-fat ice cream...

    No wait.. I'll be political... war on terror...

    CIVIL WAR


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