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05-04-2002, 06:09 PM
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Symbol of Cyric
 Join Date: January 24, 2002
Location: England
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Here are a few good oxymorons
47. Act naturally 46. Found missing 45. Resident alien 44. Advanced BASIC 43. Genuine imitation 42. Airline Food 41. Good grief 40. Same difference 39. Almost exactly 38. Government organization 37. Sanitary landfill 36. Alone together 35. Legally drunk 34. Silent scream 33. American history 32. Living dead 31. Small crowd 30. Business ethics 29. Soft rock 28. Butt Head 27. Military Intelligence 26. Software documentation 25. New York culture 24. New classic 23. Sweet sorrow 22. Childproof 21. "Now, then ..." 20. Synthetic natural gas 19. Passive aggression 18. Taped live 17. Clearly misunderstood 16. Peace force 15. Extinct Life 14. Temporary tax increase 13. Computer jock 12. Plastic glasses 11. Terribly pleased 10. Computer security 09. Political science 08. Tight slacks 07. Definite maybe 06. Pretty ugly 05. Twelve-ounce pound cake 04. Diet ice cream 03. Working vacation 02. Exact estimate And the Number one top OXY-Moron 01. Microsoft Works |
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05-04-2002, 06:13 PM
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Xanathar Thieves Guild
 Join Date: January 18, 2002
Age: 39
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Slam gently
Whisper loudly Peaceful war
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05-04-2002, 06:30 PM
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Dracolisk
 Join Date: January 5, 2002
Location: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Age: 40
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Kill death? [img]tongue.gif[/img]
Dehydrated Water!  Still life o_o Saine Madness... @_@ |
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05-04-2002, 06:34 PM
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Jack Burton
 Join Date: November 10, 2001
Location: Bathurst & Orange, in constant flux
Age: 38
Posts: 5,452
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Microsoft Works ?? Hows that an Oxymoron ?? And why wasnt Clarris Works on the list ??
Microsoft works better than Clarris Works. |
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05-04-2002, 06:56 PM
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Baaz Draconian
 Join Date: April 8, 2001
Location: Nottingham, UK
Age: 45
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Meaningful Spam?
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05-04-2002, 07:49 PM
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The Magister
 Join Date: April 25, 2002
Location: Mukilteo, Washington, US of A
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thats a pretty good list full of oxymorons! =P
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05-04-2002, 09:56 PM
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Jack Burton
Join Date: June 3, 2001
Location: Among the Stars
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Quote:
My favorite.  Civil War Young Adult Sweet Sorrow
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05-04-2002, 10:00 PM
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Red Dragon
 Join Date: March 3, 2001
Location: Scotch College, Melbourne
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Anarchy Rules
Equal Leadership [ 05-04-2002, 10:01 PM: Message edited by: Lifetime ]
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05-04-2002, 10:16 PM
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Red Dragon
Join Date: December 5, 2001
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Age: 39
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05-05-2002, 05:45 AM
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Dracolisk
Join Date: January 8, 2001
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Age: 45
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There's a great passage in Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco about oxymorons among others. I don't have the English translation of the book here right now, just the Dutch one, but it has stuff like
"Saharian Masspsychology", "Nomadic Architecture"... I'll look the rest up in translation...
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