Oxymoron/Oximoron

Question

I was reading Nicole's post earlier on "Has Reality TV gone too far" and that got me thinking about the subject of oxymorons. For those of you who may not know, an oxymoron is a figure of speech where opposite or contradictory ideas are combined.

For example:

1). Reality TV

2). Real-life Drama

3). an Original Copy - copia original

4). Global village - aldea global

5). Exquisite pain - dolor exquisito

6). Real imagination - imaginación real

7). Fighting for peace - luchar por la paz

8). Chaos theory - teoría del caos

9). Forgotten memories - recuerdos olvidados

Does anybody else have any interesting oxymorons to share (in Spanish or in English).

Answer 1

1)Living dead as in "He is a living dead(better kwn as a zombie-someone who is unattenive to things happening around them).

2)Dark light

If any are right can you translate them for me?

3)I beg to stray a little. In principle i consider the term "love is blind" as an oxymoron. Why? Many times what persons refer to as love is really infatuation. So oxymoron?

• living dead - Good one - Izanoni1 Oct 19, 2009

Answer 2

Oxymorons

• Thanks Zoltan...I wasn't really looking for a reference, though. I was more interested in examples that were perhaps striking to you or that stood out in your own mind. Thanks - Izanoni1 Oct 19, 2009

Answer 3

What about "microsoft works"?

• lol...nice - Izanoni1 Oct 19, 2009

Answer 4

Military intelligence

• jeje..That's one of my dad's favorites - Izanoni1 Oct 19, 2009