08/22/22 Grif.Net - Another Salvo of Oxymorons

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OXYMORONS IN EVERYDAY EXPRESSIONS.  One last glance at these odd word combinations. How many of these have slipped into your vocabulary?

 

Working vacation

 

Plastic silverware

 

Controlled chaos

 

Original copy

 

Only choice

 

Act naturally

 

Old news

 

Approximate solution

 

Minor catastrophe

 

Clean dirt

 

Express mail

 

Marital bliss

 

Civil war

 

Living dead

 

Open secret

 

Deafening silence

 

Pretty ugly

 

Almost exactly

 

Same difference

 

Paid volunteers


Exact estimate

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Dr Bob Griffin

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