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MissPickwickian
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05 Sep 2008, 6:21 pm

This thread is an instant classic!

Seriously, everyone has a favorite oxymoron. What's yours?


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05 Sep 2008, 6:42 pm

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05 Sep 2008, 6:49 pm

military intelligence



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05 Sep 2008, 7:18 pm

Microsoft Works

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05 Sep 2008, 7:25 pm

military intelligence lol, I like that one.

I'd say Microsoft Works :D



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05 Sep 2008, 7:36 pm

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05 Sep 2008, 11:07 pm

I've always liked "compassionate conservative."

A more obscure but nonetheless hilarious oxymoron hails from the doom swamp of 1970s feminism. Betty Friedan, author of The Feminine Mystique, once referred to the anti-woman environment of the nuclear family home as a "comfortable concentration camp." For three and a half decades, this quote has been making even people who agree with Betty Friedan say, "Now what the hell does that even mean?"


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05 Sep 2008, 11:08 pm

Girl Friend.



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05 Sep 2008, 11:52 pm

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06 Sep 2008, 6:54 am

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