Oxymoron

[Bert]

I know what an oxymoron is. Does anyone out there have a list of genuine ones , such as 'bitter sweet relationship', 'deafening silence', 'idiot-savant' and/or any funny ones such as 'military intelligence', 'civil servant'?

[geofbob]

See http://www.oxymorons.com/oxymorons.html for a whole list of them.

[Obo]

A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist

[haller]

"microsoft works" is my personal favourite

[Pix6]

In response to bobbobley can I just say the perfect oxymoron is sensitive man

[ralph1953]

Leisure pursuit anyone?