Self-Contradictory Oxymoron Terms

Oxymoron: a combination of contradictory words

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Self-Contradictory Oxymoron Terms (30)

Abbreviation (itself is a long word)

Aircraft Black Box (It's painted orange!)

Almost (is it all or most?)

Ambivalent (state of having simultaneous, conflicting feelings toward a person or thing)

Briefing (Often long meeting)

Broker (Although he's supposed to invest our money)

Chili (Refers to hot)

Etc. (short word resembling long list)

Euthanasia (Mercy Killing)

FireWater (Cocktail Drink; What Native Americans used to call Whisky)

Greenland (never green, always covered with snow)

Hermitage (Where multiple hermits live)

HumbleBrag

Internal Revenue Service (Tax Authority)

No Comment (Is a Comment)

Renew (Make New)

Retired (Re-tired = Tired again)

Simplexity (Company Name, Simple Complexity)

Sleepwalking

Smolder (means: to burn with little smoke and no flame.)

Statusless (is a status)

The Undead (Movie)

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Tweetless (is a tweet)

Uncategorized when something is deemed uncategorized, that places it in a category

Unclassified when something is deemed unclassified, that places it in a class

Unknown

Unretouched (implies never touched)

Was Suicided (Driven to Suicide)

Well Done (Over-cooked Steak)

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