OXYMORONS
An oxymoron is a combination of contradictory terms.
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Act naturally
Almost exactly
Alone together
Awfully good
Bittersweet
Clearly misunderstood
Clearly confused
Deafening silence
Definite maybe
Diet ice cream
Exact estimate
Extinct life
Found missing
Good grief
Genuine imitation
Growing smaller
Jumbo shrimp
Known unknown
Living dead
Living fossil
New Classic
Old news
Organized chaos
Original copy
Passive aggressive
Plastic glasses
Platic silverware
Pretty ugly
Same difference
Serious joke
Silent scream
Small crowd
Soft rock
Taped live
Temporary tax increase
Terribly pleased
Tragic comedy
Twelve-once, pound cake
Virtual reality
Working vacation
PLEONASMS
A pleonasm is the use of more words than necessary. In pleonasms, the extra word is redundant.
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ATM machine: [the “M” already stands for machine.]
Burning fire
Tuna fish
True fact
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