(A collection of English oxymorons collected by members of the forum and visitors to our blogs: An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear together.
With dictionary look up - double click on any word for its definition and pronunciation)
Accidentally on purpose
Act naturally
Airline food
Alone together
Appear invisible
Bad health
Bagpipe music
Big sip
Bigger half
Bitter sweet
Black light
Boundless line
Burning ice
Business (Corporate) ethics / culture
Butt head
Charm offensive
Civil war
Classy strip club
Clearly misunderstood
Climb down
Completed research
Computer security
Conservative think tank
Cruel to be kind
Dark light
Deafening silence
Definite maybe
Diet beer
Dry ice
Dry whisky / wine / capuccino (Amatsu!)
Educated guess
Empty calories
Eurovision song contest
Exact estimate
Extinct life
Found missing
Free trade
Friendly fire
Fresh dried fruit / cheese / prunes
Full stop
Fun run
Genuine imitation
Glamorous hell. (Carol Ann Duffy)
Good grief
Going nowhere
Government organisation
Graphic language
High heels
Home school
Inside out
Instant classic
Intellectual property rights
Jogging in place
Jumbo mini / shrimp
Junk food
Just war
Knowledge management
Legally drunk
Light entertainment
Liquid gas
Live wire
Living dead / things
Long shorts
Long sleeve T-Shirt
Luxury bus
Luxury camping
Microsoft Works
Military intelligence
Mobile station
New and improved
New antiques
Night light
Now, then . .
Old news.
Only choice
Passive aggression
Peace force
Plastic glasses
Political science
Pretty ugly
Quiet riot
Randomly organized
Rap music
Real dream / acting
Reasonable force
Recorded knowledge
Relaxation exercise
Religious tolerance
Resident alien
Run slowly
Safe risk (The Black Dhalia)
Safety hazard
Sanitary landfill
Selfless ego
Shock therapy
Silence speaks volumes
Small crowd
Smart bomb
Soft as thunder (I dreamed a dream)
Soft punch
Soft rock
State worker
Student teachers
Sweet sorrow
Terribly pleased
Thinking out loud
Tight slacks
Trampled calmly (Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde)
Upside down
VAT - value added tax
Vegetarian meatballs / bacon / chicken etc.
Virtual reality
Wall street
Well-know secret
White gold
Wireless cable
Working holiday / vacation