Oxywhatsis?

Have I told you that I really like the “Rosie” magazine? It’s like fresh, out of those super-model kind of thing and with a touch of humor. Well, I’m not doing publicity here… I just found something interesting in the new bi-monthly issue. It says:

Remember what you learned in school? Oxymorons are phrases that contain contradictory words (like jumbo shrimp). Here are some of Rosie’s favorites:

Working vacation, Sweet sorrow, Found missing, Rap music, Butt heads, Sanitary landfill, Political science, Terribly pleased, Definite maybe, Soft rock, Pretty ugly, Resident alien, Tight slacks, Civil war, Small crowd, Act naturally, Good grief, Exact estimate, Plastic glasses, Alone together, Business ethics, Airline food, Passive agression, Government organization, Legally drunk, Genuine imitation, “Now, then…”, Military intelligence, Clearly misunderstood, Peace force.

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