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!"
Jumbo Shrimp
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
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".
The world's three greatest oxymorons:
Army Intelligence
English Cuisine
Lesbian Humor
Friendly Fire
Liberal intellectual
(sorry . . . couldn't resist! :teddyr:)
Clean undies :wink:
Quote from: indianasmith on November 23, 2011, 01:28:19 AM
Liberal intellectual
(sorry . . . couldn't resist! :teddyr:)
Compassionate Conservative
:teddyr:
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.
Quote from: indianasmith on November 23, 2011, 01:28:19 AM
Liberal intellectual
(sorry . . . couldn't resist! :teddyr:)
Thank you!
I add to it...HIP-HOP CULTURE.
Quote from: alandhopewell on November 23, 2011, 01:47:06 PM
Quote from: indianasmith on November 23, 2011, 01:28:19 AM
Liberal intellectual
(sorry . . . couldn't resist! :teddyr:)
Thank you!
I add to it...HIP-HOP CULTURE.
You really got a thing with... nevermind. :lookingup:
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.)
Quote from: 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.)
What are you on about? Did you read what your pal above wrote?
Quote from: alandhopewell on November 23, 2011, 01:47:06 PM
...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:
Quote from: 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.)
Ditto!
I kid my ol' buddy Indy. :smile:
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.
A weird one- Smart ass.
Microsoft Works, I jest I jest.
Biggie Smalls
Military intelligence
Quote from: 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.
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.
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:
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$$holes, and then I look and see what their grandchildren have become today, it breaks my heart. I cannot approve when I see any culture embrace the most violent, ignorant, and self-destructive elements it produces and idolize them. If that is what Mr. Hopewell was trying to point out in a three word quip, then I basically agree with the sentiment.
Do you see where I am coming from?
Quote from: indianasmith on November 24, 2011, 01:26:27 AM
Yes I did notice that, and I appreciate it tremendously!!! I had tried to find the author several times over the years and failed.
I had not read this other supposedly racist post, and thus won't comment on it.
As far as the "Hip Hop Culture" comment, I suppose that Hip Hop is a culture of sorts. But it is symptomatic of a trend in urban black culture in America that is one of the most woefully self-destructive and sad things I have ever seen. When I think about those proud black students who marched into Central High in Little Rock in 1957, heads held high, behind a protective cordon of National Guardsmen blocking off a screaming crowd of redneck, racist a$$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.
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.
Quote from: indianasmith on November 24, 2011, 01:26:27 AM
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.
Quote from: Flick James on November 22, 2011, 03:41:01 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:
Christian Wicca.
I kid you guys not, this is for real:
http://www.christianwicca.org/ (http://www.christianwicca.org/)
Quote from: 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?
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.
Quote from: 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.)
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.
Rap music
Quote from: Raffine on November 23, 2011, 07:28:17 AM
Quote from: indianasmith on November 23, 2011, 01:28:19 AM
Liberal intellectual
(sorry . . . couldn't resist! :teddyr:)
Compassionate Conservative
:teddyr:
Religious Atheist. :smile:
:teddyr:
Religious Atheist. :smile:
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I've a good friend who's a Jewish Atheist.
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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 from: Flangepart on December 02, 2011, 10:24:04 AM
:teddyr:
Religious Atheist. :smile:
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I've a good friend who's a Jewish Atheist.
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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.
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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.
Then they are unique indeed, sir.
Still hard to comprehend, though. Methinks needs more pondering.
Quote from: Flangepart on December 02, 2011, 11:23:04 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.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
Quote from: Flangepart on December 02, 2011, 10:24:04 AM
:teddyr:
Religious Atheist. :smile:
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I've a good friend who's a Jewish Atheist.
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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.
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It's what he calls himself; go fig.
Quote from: Flick James on December 02, 2011, 11:35:33 AM
Quote from: Flangepart on December 02, 2011, 11:23:04 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.
Hummm...I can see that. It's more a cultural carry over than an actual...drat, I guess I mean 'enthic' inheritance (Physical charactristics as it were) that is visible. I guess I'm thinking it's whats in the mind that counts.
Sorry, just the best why I can explain it.