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  1. Apr 28th, 2000, 01:07 PM #1
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    Just for the sake of seeing how many there are, how many oxymorons can we collect here? I have some to start with:

    Act naturally
    Found missing
    Resident alien
    Advanced BASIC
    Genuine imitation
    Airline Food
    Good grief
    Same difference
    Almost exactly
    Government organization
    Sanitary landfill
    Alone together
    Legally drunk
    Silent scream
    American history
    Living dead
    Small crowd
    Business ethics
    Soft rock
    Butt Head
    Military Intelligence
    Software documentation
    New York culture
    New classic
    Sweet sorrow
    Childproof
    "Now, then ..."
    Synthetic natural gas
    Passive aggression
    Taped live
    Clearly misunderstood
    Peace force
    Extinct Life
    Temporary tax increase
    Computer jock
    Plastic glasses
    Terribly pleased
    Computer security
    Political science
    Tight slacks
    Definite maybe
    Pretty ugly
    Twelve-ounce pound cake
    Diet ice cream
    Working vacation
    Exact estimate
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  2. Apr 28th, 2000, 10:18 PM #2
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    Hey, I have the same file of Oxymorans! I remember it from the Microsoft Works one.
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  3. Jan 30th, 2003, 12:13 PM #3
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    Re: Oxymorons

    ahhh!
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  7. Jun 19th, 2007, 03:47 PM #6
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    Re: Oxymorons

    Old news.
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  8. Jun 19th, 2007, 06:11 PM #7
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    Cornered in a round room.
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    Expect the Unexpected
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  11. Jun 22nd, 2007, 09:51 AM #9
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    Re: Oxymorons

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    Re: Oxymorons

    Brilliantly stupid
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  13. Jun 22nd, 2007, 11:16 AM #11
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    Re: Oxymorons

    First Annual

    or you could just go to http://www.oxymoronlist.com
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    Re: Oxymorons

    Funny Thread
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  16. Jun 22nd, 2007, 01:02 PM #14
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    Re: Oxymorons

    Tell me every thing we don't know
    Sometimes the Programmer
    Sometimes the DBA

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    I can't tell you everything. That's what Dr. Dis is for.
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    Re: Oxymorons

    useful kregg
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    exciting timeshifter
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    Re: Oxymorons

    You two are doing your best to remove the "oxy" from this thread...
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    Re: Oxymorons

    Why would GM and I want to do that?
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    Re: Oxymorons

    Microsoft Works
    I don't live here any more.
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    that was on the original post. nice try
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    Re: Oxymorons

    M$ Works is the oldest one in the book. Even before M$, it was there.
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    Re: Oxymorons

    Quote Originally Posted by timeshifter
    Why would GM and I want to do that?
    Who's GM?

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    Quote Originally Posted by kregg
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