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Oxymorons

No SmokingAn oxymoron is a combination of words that contradict each other. Here are some of our favorites.

 

1. virtual reality

2. original copy

3. old news

4. act naturally

5. pretty ugly

6. living dead

7. jumbo shrimp

8. rolling stop

9. constant variable

10. exact estimate

11. paid volunteers

12. civil war

13. sound of silence

14. clever fool

15. only choice

The final Curious © phrase:

“To be a mainstream American is to live as an oxymoron. You are a good Christian, but you strain to remain dynamically competitive”

(Norman Maile)