Seriously funny

I watched a film recently called ‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’, now as it happens it wasn’t an amazing film because I can’t actually remember what it’s about. However, there is one scene in it where a Father and Son are duelling using oxymoron’s.

For those of you who are unsure, an oxymoron is a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction – cheers Oxford Dictionary!

I can guarantee that every single person reading this will use an oxymoron at least once a week and most probably without even realising it. They are common place in the English language nowadays.

If you’ve read any of my previous posts, you will know that I am meant to be doing an 18,000 word dissertation as a conclusion to my Master’s degree, which is why I am more than happy to sit here and put together a list of some of the best oxymoron’s!

Enjoy J

• ·       Act naturally
• ·       Almost exactly
• ·       Living dead
• ·       Genuine Imitation
• ·       Plastic glasses
• ·       Exact estimate
• ·       Sweet and sour
• ·       Silence was deafening
• ·       Clearly misunderstood
• ·       Known secret
• ·       Pretty ugly
• ·       Known conspiracy
• ·       Simply impossible
• ·       Low fat
• ·       Liquid gas
• ·       Awfully nice
• ·       Definitely Maybe
• ·       Seriously funny
• ·       Almost exactly
• ·       Only choice
• ·       Long-sleeved t-shirt
• ·       Half naked
• ·       Accidently on purpose
• ·       New tradition
• ·       Low-rise
• ·       Dead funny
• ·       Found missing
• ·       Random order
• ·       Sunny night
• ·       Clearly confused
• ·       Charm offensive
• ·       Small crowd
• ·       Alone together

     Can you think of any others?

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