Bd. Le Débilitron : Soyez les gaulois dans le trimaran. Word.Net's Ambigram.Matic. -- Histoire de l'écriture vue par les shadoks -- Ethan's Oxymorons Page. Ethan's Oxymorons Page An oxymoron is a contradictory word pair. George Carlin popularized Military Intelligence and Jumbo Shrimp in his stand-up comedy act, along with "Drive on the Parkway, Park in the Driveway," but there are many others. Following are all the oxymorons I've collected or devised myself, though admittedly some are not true oxymorons but just contradictory word pairs, like Truck Farm. If you have any oxymorons not in this list, please send them to me and I'll post them if they're good. Be sure to see Alan Marchand's list of "I before E" Exceptions.
A 12-Ounce Pound Cake Accurate Horoscope Act Naturally Adult Children Advanced BASIC (programming language) African American (Italian American, Polish American, etc.) Pam Carson sent me this: "I look for oxymorons in literature. Bruce Mansbridge submitted these: "The NY Times had an editorial once where it described something as 'unusual, even odd.'