Top 15 Oxymorons That Will Make You Think
Pretty Ugly: Decide whether it is pretty or ugly rather than confusing the person with ‘pretty ugly’.
Civil War: The fans of The Avengers franchise will never forget the classic and jaw-breaking fight between the favourites.
Bittersweet: A ‘bittersweet’ love is an example of an oxymoron, which expresses love as painful and good.
Random Choice: How can a decision be random if you are ‘choosing’ a particular solution.
Walking Dead: he Walking Dead is a hit TV series and has attracted fans from around the world.
Open Secret: Secrets are not supposed to be said, they need to be concealed.
Working Vacation: Vacations are for decluttering your mind and for relaxation.
Act Naturally: When a film star says his acting is natural, it is difficult to digest what he said.
Butt-Head: The individual words are the two extremes of the human body.
Dark Light: How could it be so easy for a word to exist differently yet the same at once.
Free Trade: Trading involves spending money or a barter system.
Detailed Summary: When students are asked to write a summary of a text, they write an overview of the text.
Non-alcoholic Beer: As hilarious as it sounds, non-alcoholic beer contains less percentage of alcohol in it.
Tragicomedy: This word combines tragedy and comedy.
Doing Nothing: When a friend asks “what are you doing?”, and you reply “doing nothing.