# Oxymorons.

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxymorons/430770
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [December 20, 2007, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxymorons/430770 "2007-12-20T23:41:09Z")
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### Author: ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2007, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxymorons/430770/1 "2007-12-20T23:41:09Z")

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I love [this](http://www.thirdage.com/news/articles/ALT06/07/12/20/ALT06071220-02.html?utm_campaign=nl_jokes&utm_term=20071220&utm_source=ta_nl&utm_medium=email) stuff.  
Got any to add?  
Peace,  
mangeorge

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### Author: ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2007, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxymorons/430770/2 "2007-12-20T23:54:03Z")

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I don’t remember where I saw it, but there was a really neat article (or whatever it was) listing job duties, and all the job duties were two words that were opposites.

Example: A journalist\*: follows leads

Electrician: fixes breaks

Not really oxymorons per se, but still amusing, wish I could remember more of them.