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

• absolutely unsure
• act naturally
• acute apathy
• almost done
• alone together
• 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
• cold fever
• combative apology
• comparatively unique
• compulsory volunteers
• consistent discrepancies
• consistently inconsistent
• conspicuously absent
• constant change
• constant variable
• constructive criticism
• controlled chaos
• controlled enthusiasm
• conventional wisdom
• countless numbers
• crash landing
• creative destruction
• criminal justice
• crisis management
• cruel kindness
• daily special
• dark day
• dead livestock
• deafening silence
• defensive strike
• deficit spending
• definite maybe
• deliberate mistake
• deliberately thoughtless
• delicious torment
• demanding patient
• democratic leadership
• detailed summary
• devout atheist
• different pattern
• dim light
• diminished confidence
• diminishing growth
• dimwit
• direct circumvention
• discretionary rules
• distant relative
• divided unity
• divorce court
• dodge ram
• doing nothing
• domestic bliss
• doorstop
• double solitaire
• doubtful believers
• drawing a blank
• dynamic stability
• enthusiastically indifferent
• essential luxury
• eternal life
• exact estimate
• expected surprise
• explicitly ambiguous
• fairly explicit
• 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
• hypothetical situations
• idly laborious
• important trivia
• inside out
• instant classic
• intense apathy
• justifiably paranoid
• living dead
• loyal opposition
• meaningful nonsense
• mutually exclusive
• noble savage
• numbing sensation
• objective opinion
• once again
• one choice
• organized chaos
• original reproduction
• paid volunteer
• passive aggressive
• peace riot
• permanent substitute
• persistent ambivalence
• preserved ruins
• pretty ugly
• random order
• relative stranger
• resolute ambivalence
• restless sleep
• rush hour
• same difference
• science fiction
• short distance
• silent scream
• subtle exaggeration
• sure bet
• systematic variance
• true story
• turned up missing
• unbiased opinion
• uninvited guest
• victimless crime
• virtual reality
• willful negligence