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Pastimes : Laughter is the Best Medicine - Tell us a joke

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To: John Carragher who wrote (13821)3/17/2000 9:59:00 AM
From: Barney  Read Replies (1) of 62552
 
OXYMORON - From Merriam-Webster

Main Entry: oxúyúmoúron
Pronunciation: "„k-si-'mOr-"„n, -'mor-
Function: noun
a combination of contradictory or incongruous words
(as in 'cruel kindness')

Some favorites....

Act naturally
Advanced BASIC
Airline Food
Almost exactly
Alone together
British fashion
Business ethics
Butt Head
Childproof
Christian Scientists
Clearly misunderstood
Computer jock
Computer security
Definite maybe
Diet ice cream
Exact estimate
Extinct life
Found missing
Genuine imitation
Good grief
Government organization
Legally drunk
Living dead
Microsoft Works
Military Intelligence
New classic
New York culture
Passive aggression
Peace force
Plastic glasses
Political science
Pretty ugly
Rap music
Religious tolerance
Resident alien
Same difference
Sanitary landfill
Silent scream
Small crowd
Soft rock
Software documentation
Sweet sorrow
Synthetic natural gas
Taped live
Temporary tax increase
Terribly pleased
Tight slacks
Twelve-ounce pound cake
Working vacation
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