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What are your favorite oxymorons?

Last week I posted some Redundant Redundancies so this week I thought I'd post some more word fun with oxymorons. An oxymoron is defined as a figure of speech containing two normally contradictory words.  Here are some I found.  Please add yours! Same Difference Hot Ice (Stolen Diamonds) Pretty Ugly Deafening Silence Sweet Sorrow Silent Scream Serious Humor (really funny) Can you name some?  What are your favorite oxymorons?

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