Can anyone give me some examples of Oxymorons?

Question

Can anyone give me some examples of Oxymorons?

Answer 1

jumbo shrimp

act naturally

Answer 2

pretty ugly

vegetarian meatball

bitter sweet  

Answer 3

An oxymoron (plural oxymorons or, more rarely, oxymora) is a figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms…

Examples: -

• Deafening silence

• Forward retreat

• Accidentally on Purpose

• Little Big Man

• Living Dead

• With all deliberate speed" (i.e. "go quickly slowly")

• Icy Hot

• Start Stopping

• Liberal conservative

• Same difference

• Jumbo shrimp

• Dumb genius

• Expect the unexpected

• Mini giant

• Controlled Chaos

Answer 4

girly man

icy hot

expect the unexpected

living dead

cold as h**l

little giant

dry ice

Answer 5

45. Act naturally

            44. Found missing

            43. Resident alien

            42. Advanced BASIC

            41. Genuine imitation

            40. Airline food

            39. Good grief

            38. Same difference

            37. Almost exactly

            36. Government organization

            35. Sanitary landfill

            34. Alone together

            33. Legally drunk

            32. Silent scream

            31. Living dead

            30. Small crowd

            29. Business ethics

            28. Soft rock

            27. Butt Head

            26. Military Intelligence

            25. Software documentation

            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

            9. Political science

            8. Tight slacks

            7. Definite maybe

            6. Pretty ugly

            5. Twelve-ounce pound cake

            4. Diet ice cream

            3. Working vacation

            2. Exact estimate

            1. Microsoft Works

Answer 6

minor catastrophe

The classic: jumbo shrimp

happy crab

And my personal favorite: healthy junk food (little green labels wouldn't lie, right?)