Title: OXYMORONS Post by: Flick James on November 22, 2011, 03:41:01 PM Oxymorons are fun. I want to see how many oxymorons we can list. I'll start.
Black light Living dead Instant classic Old news Constant variable Controlled chaos Accidentally on purpose Pretty ugly Jumbo shrimp Same difference Extremely average Objective opinion Silent scream Sweet sorrow And here's a Shakespeare quote from Romeo and Juliet that contains an assault of oxymora: "O heavy lightness! Serious vanity! Mis-shapen chaos of well-seeming forms! Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health!" Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: El Misfit on November 22, 2011, 04:14:16 PM Jumbo Shrimp
Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: Silverlady on November 22, 2011, 04:22:55 PM Here's a few: hot water heater alone together awfully good paid volunteer act naturally random order least favorite good grief only choice deafening silence Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: Jack on November 22, 2011, 05:29:13 PM In golf, woods (driver, 3 wood, 5 wood, etc.) used to be made out of wood. Now they're made out of metal. So they call them "metal woods".
Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: Allhallowsday on November 22, 2011, 10:30:09 PM The world's three greatest oxymorons:
Army Intelligence English Cuisine Lesbian Humor Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: Chainsawmidget on November 23, 2011, 12:53:18 AM Friendly Fire
Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: indianasmith on November 23, 2011, 01:28:19 AM Liberal intellectual
(sorry . . . couldn't resist! :teddyr:) Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: Trevor on November 23, 2011, 03:30:42 AM Clean undies :wink:
Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: Raffine on November 23, 2011, 07:28:17 AM Liberal intellectual (sorry . . . couldn't resist! :teddyr:) Compassionate Conservative :teddyr: Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: Flick James on November 23, 2011, 11:44:06 AM I truly wasn't intending there to be partisan political jokes involved in a harmless thread. All I can ask is to try and refrain, please.
Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: alandhopewell on November 23, 2011, 01:47:06 PM Liberal intellectual (sorry . . . couldn't resist! :teddyr:) Thank you! I add to it...HIP-HOP CULTURE. Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: Allhallowsday on November 23, 2011, 02:04:09 PM Liberal intellectual (sorry . . . couldn't resist! :teddyr:) Thank you! I add to it...HIP-HOP CULTURE. Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: indianasmith on November 23, 2011, 05:14:05 PM It's all in good fun! I take no offense, and mean none!
(I gave karma for the "compassionate conservative" quip, even though I are one.) Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: Allhallowsday on November 23, 2011, 06:34:47 PM It's all in good fun! I take no offense, and mean none! What are you on about? Did you read what your pal above wrote? (I gave karma for the "compassionate conservative" quip, even though I are one.) ...I add to it...HIP-HOP CULTURE. Hmmm. This is also the guy who commented about "black people need to knock the chocolate chips off their shoulders" but there was no rebuke from anyone, save myself, for what seems at least suggestively RACIST. Yeh yeh, and he also stated "negroid" is part of his heritage. So what? He hates himself? :thumbdown: :bluesad:Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: Raffine on November 23, 2011, 06:41:30 PM It's all in good fun! I take no offense, and mean none! (I gave karma for the "compassionate conservative" quip, even though I are one.) Ditto! I kid my ol' buddy Indy. :smile: Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: indianasmith on November 23, 2011, 06:48:09 PM We're good.
BTW, AHD, who are you calling my pal now? How is it that you automatically assume that anyone on here who posts from a right wing perspective must automatically be my buddy or pal? There are two people on here I've ever had any contact with outside this board - I called RC earlier this summer when he was having a hard time, and I brough ER here because we've been internet pen pals for a decade. While I enjoy all the BMDO regulars, I don't really KNOW any of them beyond what they write here. I should at least expect props from you for my little George W. parody there - "I are one!" Come now, let's keep this thread fun and silly. Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: El Misfit on November 23, 2011, 08:46:04 PM A weird one- Smart ass.
Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: SC-RM on November 23, 2011, 09:51:30 PM Microsoft Works, I jest I jest.
Biggie Smalls Military intelligence Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: Allhallowsday on November 23, 2011, 09:54:59 PM We're good. I still read the threads, including your call and response, even if I don't post much these days. Listen my friend, you and I have not had much contact outside of this forum, however, I consider you my "pal". Your friendliness and tolerance of this person's commentary is why I refer to you as his "pal," whether you've communicated elsewhere or not. "Now"? So you suggest I lump you in with arch-conservatives? Maybe I should, but, no. There is only one other person of offensive demeanor on this forum that I might have called your "pal" (that might have been the only time we communicated privately.) You know who I mean. BTW, AHD, who are you calling my pal now? How is it that you automatically assume that anyone on here who posts from a right wing perspective must automatically be my buddy or pal? There are two people on here I've ever had any contact with outside this board - I called RC earlier this summer when he was having a hard time, and I brough ER here because we've been internet pen pals for a decade. While I enjoy all the BMDO regulars, I don't really KNOW any of them beyond what they write here. I should at least expect props from you for my little George W. parody there - "I are one!" Come now, let's keep this thread fun and silly. Oh, so you're not offended by the presumably racist remarks? I can't keep it "fun and silly" when people write stupidly or offensively. Look at your responses to this person and their placement and OWN IT. BTW, "bonehead", did you notice I identified the poet for you? :bluesad: Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: indianasmith on November 24, 2011, 01:26:27 AM Yes I did notice that, and I appreciate it tremendously!!! I had tried to find the author several times over the years and failed.
I had not read this other supposedly racist post, and thus won't comment on it. As far as the "Hip Hop Culture" comment, I suppose that Hip Hop is a culture of sorts. But it is symptomatic of a trend in urban black culture in America that is one of the most woefully self-destructive and sad things I have ever seen. When I think about those proud black students who marched into Central High in Little Rock in 1957, heads held high, behind a protective cordon of National Guardsmen blocking off a screaming crowd of redneck, racist a$$holes, and then I look and see what their grandchildren have become today, it breaks my heart. I cannot approve when I see any culture embrace the most violent, ignorant, and self-destructive elements it produces and idolize them. If that is what Mr. Hopewell was trying to point out in a three word quip, then I basically agree with the sentiment. Do you see where I am coming from? Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: Allhallowsday on November 24, 2011, 10:54:43 AM Yes I did notice that, and I appreciate it tremendously!!! I had tried to find the author several times over the years and failed. Not everyone can be a hero, or should be. It's okay, I admit to having a bug up my ass regarding this member because of the previous remark. I'm guilty, too, with my "Lesbian Humor" quip. It's prejudicial, too. I'm no better. I had not read this other supposedly racist post, and thus won't comment on it. As far as the "Hip Hop Culture" comment, I suppose that Hip Hop is a culture of sorts. But it is symptomatic of a trend in urban black culture in America that is one of the most woefully self-destructive and sad things I have ever seen. When I think about those proud black students who marched into Central High in Little Rock in 1957, heads held high, behind a protective cordon of National Guardsmen blocking off a screaming crowd of redneck, racist a$$holes, and then I look and see what their grandchildren have become today, it breaks my heart. I cannot approve when I see any culture embrace the most violent, ignorant, and self-destructive elements it produces and idolize them. If that is what Mr. Hopewell was trying to point out in a three word quip, then I basically agree with the sentiment. Do you see where I am coming from? Sure, but don't agree. Too much stereotyping at the root of your commentary. Peace, my friend. I will drop it. Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: ulthar on November 24, 2011, 03:19:45 PM Same difference Not necessarily an oxymoron... The pairs 20,10 and 40,30 have the same difference. I'll throw in "Necessary Evil" as an oxymoronic rationalization. Puns are fun, too. :teddyr: Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: diamondwaspvenom on November 24, 2011, 03:37:50 PM Christian Wicca.
I kid you guys not, this is for real: http://www.christianwicca.org/ (http://www.christianwicca.org/) Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: alandhopewell on November 28, 2011, 03:22:46 PM Yes I did notice that, and I appreciate it tremendously!!! I had tried to find the author several times over the years and failed. I had not read this other supposedly racist post, and thus won't comment on it. As far as the "Hip Hop Culture" comment, I suppose that Hip Hop is a culture of sorts. But it is symptomatic of a trend in urban black culture in America that is one of the most woefully self-destructive and sad things I have ever seen. When I think about those proud black students who marched into Central High in Little Rock in 1957, heads held high, behind a protective cordon of National Guardsmen blocking off a screaming crowd of redneck, racist a$$holes, and then I look and see what their grandchildren have become today, it breaks my heart. I cannot approve when I see any culture embrace the most violent, ignorant, and self-destructive elements it produces and idolize them. If that is what Mr. Hopewell was trying to point out in a three word quip, then I basically agree with the sentiment. Do you see where I am coming from? Thank you; my intent was not to offend, but simply to express a viewpoint. I'm old enough to remember Martin, AND Malcolm; at the end, their views weren't too different, as they were about the dignity of people, not one bunch over another. I have a problem with self-segregation, a desire for "special" status, and those who make a profession of wallowing in the busted glass of history-thus, grow up. Also, the reason I refer to myself as of "partial-negroid ancestry" is one of accuracy; my skin is not black, but a light tan. From a genetic standpoint, I am the product of several backgrounds, so to call me "black" is like calling fruit cocktail "peaches." I was taught that that which we call "race" is merely a physical attribute, with no intrinsic worth of its own; people add that worth to it, but I've never understood why. Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: alandhopewell on November 28, 2011, 04:18:02 PM It's all in good fun! I take no offense, and mean none! (I gave karma for the "compassionate conservative" quip, even though I are one.) I would also claim such; I believe that true compassion is teaching people how to fish, rather than giving them out willy-nilly, this creating a dependent underclass. I am a product of the War On Poverty, and its progeny, and I have seen its effect on people over the years. This happens every time the focus is shifted from allowing the pursuit of happiness to guaranteeing happiness- a militant sense of entitlement, and a state of professional victimhood. Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: The Burgomaster on November 28, 2011, 04:28:13 PM Rap music
Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: Flangepart on December 01, 2011, 09:38:07 AM Liberal intellectual (sorry . . . couldn't resist! :teddyr:) Compassionate Conservative :teddyr: Religious Atheist. :smile: Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: alandhopewell on December 01, 2011, 01:37:08 PM Liberal intellectual (sorry . . . couldn't resist! :teddyr:) Compassionate Conservative :teddyr: Religious Atheist. :smile: I've a good friend who's a Jewish Atheist. Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: Flangepart on December 02, 2011, 10:24:04 AM :teddyr: Religious Atheist. :smile: [/quote] [/quote] I've a good friend who's a Jewish Atheist. [/quote] Hummmm...is that possable? What I mean is, you can be born to Jewish parents, but as the ethnic identity is based on a religious belief system, and you don't practice it, are you still Jewish? Huh. Now I'm gonna wonder about that all day. An interesting puzzelment, good sir. Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: Flick James on December 02, 2011, 11:19:30 AM :teddyr: Religious Atheist. :smile: I've a good friend who's a Jewish Atheist. [/quote] Hummmm...is that possable? What I mean is, you can be born to Jewish parents, but as the ethnic identity is based on a religious belief system, and you don't practice it, are you still Jewish? Huh. Now I'm gonna wonder about that all day. An interesting puzzelment, good sir. [/quote] Strange as it may seem to us gentiles, yes. There are plenty of "cultural" Jews, who are either not religious or outright aethists, but they are still Jewish. Jewish people are unique in that they are both an ethnic and a religious identity. Take away the religious belief and they are still Jews, and still hold that cultural identity. Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: Flangepart on December 02, 2011, 11:23:04 AM Then they are unique indeed, sir.
Still hard to comprehend, though. Methinks needs more pondering. Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: Flick James on December 02, 2011, 11:35:33 AM Then they are unique indeed, sir. Still hard to comprehend, though. Methinks needs more pondering. It's only hard for us to comprehend because we are fortunate enough to come from a more secularized Western culture. Imagine somebody from the middle-east abandoning Islam and either becoming another religion or an atheist. How easy would it be for him to throw off that middle-eastern identity? It would be virtually impossible. Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: Mr. DS on December 02, 2011, 12:40:10 PM Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: alandhopewell on December 02, 2011, 03:20:30 PM :teddyr: Religious Atheist. :smile: I've a good friend who's a Jewish Atheist. [/quote] Hummmm...is that possable? What I mean is, you can be born to Jewish parents, but as the ethnic identity is based on a religious belief system, and you don't practice it, are you still Jewish? Huh. Now I'm gonna wonder about that all day. An interesting puzzelment, good sir. [/quote] It's what he calls himself; go fig. Title: Re: OXYMORONS Post by: Flangepart on December 03, 2011, 10:09:10 AM Then they are unique indeed, sir. Still hard to comprehend, though. Methinks needs more pondering. It's only hard for us to comprehend because we are fortunate enough to come from a more secularized Western culture. Imagine somebody from the middle-east abandoning Islam and either becoming another religion or an atheist. How easy would it be for him to throw off that middle-eastern identity? It would be virtually impossible. Sorry, just the best why I can explain it. |