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Of course, an oxymoron really means the pinhead freak in sideshow at carnival or oldtime circus.
c.f. oxycephalic
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Thanks Fish - and others....Perhaps "religious war" isn't an oxymoron - I've just always heard it referred to as one, and it makes sense to me simply because of the "thou shalt not kill" rule that appears in all three "book" religions (I believe it does?) - Christianity, Islam and Judaism (doing it in alphabetical order in an attempt not to insult ANYONE!).
How about this one, which apparently ran in a sentence in a review of a play a friend of mine was in? (told me by the friend, of course):
incredibly believable
Let us go in peace to love and serve the board.
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the difference between a generalist and a specialistLike it, Robert  . Have already quoted it to all who would care to listen, and some that wouldn't. I think I aspire to be an extreme specialist. Fisk
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I think I'm a general specialist...
generally...
formerly known as etaoin...
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I think I'm a general specialist...
A military leader with only one or two tactics could be a specialist general.
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These are from one of the sites I found:
American beer
American culture
American education
American English
American geographers
American history
...cute.
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Dear WW: your choices of oxymorons sound like you come from Marin county.
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Dear wwh,
I'm an ALL-A-Marin County Girl***!
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johnjohn gets full credit for this one, which he posted back in September 2000:
"plain language for lawyers" ( - an oxymoron, I hear you say)
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Keiva: In plain language you are not welcome on AWADtalk.
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