ox·y·mo·ron: (noun) a combination of contradictory words to create an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect.

• absolutely unsure
• accurate estimate
• act naturally
• acute apathy
• almost done
• alone together
• anticipated serendipity
• anxious patient
• apathetic interest
• approximate solution
• approximately equal
• arrogant humility
• bad luck
• benevolent despot
• benign neglect
• bigger half
• bitter sweet
• black light
• blameless culprit
• books on tape
• boring entertainment
• bright night
• bright shade
• calm storm
• casually concerned
• cautiously optimistic
• certainly unsure
• cheerfully cynical
• clearly confused
• clever fool
• close distance
• cold fever
• combative apology
• comparatively unique
• completely destroyed
• completely unfinished
• compulsory volunteers
• consistent discrepancies
• consistent uncertainties
• consistently inconsistent
• conspicuously absent
• constant change
• constant change
• constant variable
• constructive criticism
• controlled chaos
• controlled enthusiasm
• conventional wisdom
• corporate ethics
• countless numbers
• crash landing
• creative destruction
• criminal justice
• crisis management
• cruel kindness
• cruel kindness
• daily special
• dangerously safe
• dark day
• dark light
• dark star
• dark victory
• dead livestock
• dead right
• deaf listener
• deafening silence
• debugged program
• defensive strike
• deficit spending
• definite maybe
• degradable plastic
• deliberate mistake
• deliberate speed
• deliberately thoughtless
• delicious torment
• demanding patient
• democratic leadership
• democratic machine
• desktop publishing
• detailed summary
• devilish angel
• devout atheist
• diet ice cream
• different pattern
• diligent sloth
• dim light
• diminished confidence
• diminishing growth
• diminutive giants
• dimwit
• dining hall food
• direct circumvention
• disaster preparedness
• disciplined gluttony
• discretionary rules
• disposable income
• disposable products with a lifetime guarantee
• distant relative
• divided unity
• divorce court
• dodge ram
• doing nothing
• domestic bliss
• domestic cooperation
• domestic violence
• doorstop
• double solitaire
• doubtful believers
• drawing a blank
• dynamic stability
• enthusiastically indifference
• essential luxury
• eternal life
• exact estimate
• expected surprise
• explicitly ambiguous
• eyes wide shut
• fairly explicit
• false fact
• fatally injured
• fine mess
• fire water
• firm maybe
• first conclusions
• floppy disk
• found missing
• free market
• freezer burn
• gentle turbulence
• genuine imitation
• giant dwarf
• going nowhere
• good grief
• good morning
• government initiative
• graduate student
• graphic language
• great depression
• gregarious recluse
• grotesque beauty
• grounded airplane
• group of individuals
• growing small
• halfway done
• hollow point
• honest crook
• hopeful pessimist
• hopelessly optimistic
• horribly decent
• humane robotics
• hypothetical situations
• idly laborious
• important trivia
• inside out
• instant classic
• intense apathy
• justifiably paranoid
• living dead
• loyal opposition
• man child
• meaningful nonsense
• midnight sun
• moderate binging
• mournful optimist
• mutually exclusive
• noble savage
• numbing sensation
• objective opinion
• once again
• one choice
• orderly confusion
• organized chaos
• original reproduction
• paid volunteer
• passive aggressive
• peace riot
• permanent substitute
• persistent ambivalence
• petty cash
• planned serendipity
• preserved ruins
• pretty ugly
• random order
• random pattern
• relative stranger
• resolute ambivalence
• restless sleep
• rush hour
• same difference
• science fiction
• silent scream
• sound-filled silence
• subtle exaggeration
• sure bet
• systematic variance
• tense calm
• true story
• turned up missing
• unbiased opinion
• unbiased predisposition
• uninvited guest
• unusual routine
• veiled accusation
• victimless crime
• virtual reality
• wilful negligence
• working vacation