Oxymorons
Contrary to what you might think, this is not a list of less
than intelligent oxes. It's a list of rhetorical figures in which
incongruous or contradictory terms are combined. How's that for a
definition? To put it more simply, an oxymoron is a phrase that uses opposite words.
5. Department of Interior (responsible for everything outside...)
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18. Thank God I'm an Atheist
40. Clearly misunderstood
48. Synthetic natural gas
52. Government Organization
53. Military Intelligence
54. Temporary Tax Increase
106. Government assistance
111. Tactical mass destruction
112. Sweet and sour sauce
113. Peaceful dragons (trust me on this one)
114. Courage the Cowardly dog
115. Friendly fire (as in firearms)
116. Democratic dictatorship
129. Industrial Action (usually means a strike)
145. Monopoly (broken down into suffix and prefix)
Updated Dec 14, 2015