Awfully good Oxymorons
- Christina Wilson
- Jul 23, 2019
- 1 min read

While we were driving to my parents' house for a short holiday, I said to my husband, "I'm going to have a restful working holiday" which sounds like a paradox as the purpose of a holiday is to get away from work.
Here are some funny oxymorons:
a working vacation / working holiday
awfully good
bittersweet
a civil war
a deafening silence
an exact estimate
good grief (an exclamation of irritation, surprise or frustration)
a guest host
jumbo shrimp
a loud whisper
a negative growth
an only choice
an open secret
an original copy
plastic glasses
in poor health
pretty ugly (here "pretty" = fairly / quite)
a small crowd
a student teacher
terribly good
true fiction
unbiased opinion
shallow depths
What oxymorons do you have in your language?
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