More Oxymorons...

Aircraft Black Box It's painted orange!

Briefing Often long meeting

Chili Refers to hot

Hermitage Where multiple hermits live

Internal Revenue Service Tax Authority

No Comment Is a Comment

Retired Re-tired = Tired again

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Was Suicided Driven to Suicide

Well Done Over-cooked Steak

Oxymoron...

An Oxymoron is a combination of two contradictory words. "Amateur Expert,'' "Mercy Killing'' and "Deafening Silence'' are some examples. Have a look at the site Oxymoron (http://www.oxymorons.info/), which contains a variety of oxymorons, organised under different categories such as Business, Education, Science and Technology.

Examples:

1) I distinctly remember forgetting that. -- Clara Barton

2) A joke is a very serious thing. -- Winston Churchill

3) The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep

4) Change is the only Constant.

5) I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. -- Mark Twain

6) The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. -- Winston Churchill

7) A hospital is no place to be sick. -- Samuel Goldwyn

8) A little pain never hurt anyone.

9) Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined. -- Samuel Goldwyn

10) He lived his life to the end.