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  • @kevinjones9691
    @kevinjones9691 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    controlled chaos, dimly lit, gentle beast, free reign, baby mama, Freudian slip... that last one was just icing on the cake. (trapped in a never ending pun)

  • @KramCraft
    @KramCraft 8 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Someone told me this one Happily Married.

  • @sahiravikdsouza1650
    @sahiravikdsouza1650 9 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    If ‘still moving’ is not allowed - because ‘still’ here doesn’t mean stationary, but continuous - then how come you allow ‘pretty ugly’? Because ‘pretty’ there doesn’t mean good-looking, but quite.

    • @maksat.menligulyyev
      @maksat.menligulyyev 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Sahir D'Souza 50-50 man. 'cause generally Pretty means Cute, Handsome, Beautiful, Lovable, Adorable...

    • @guapoviejo9135
      @guapoviejo9135 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sahir & Magsat: i go with not an oxymoron because I'm 68 and my friends and I have used pretty to mean something similar to "quite" for all of my "pretty" long life, and in the case I just proposed "quite little long" life (or anything else) is technically not an oxymoron because although "quite little" and "long" are opposites, one is more than one word.
      We're looking for paired opposites, correctly named "antonyms".

  • @mini-mei
    @mini-mei 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is definitely my favorite of all the WhatYouOughtToKnow-videos...even though it's been online for several years and I have watched it time and again, I still find it as funny and interesting as the first time I watched it.

  • @mikasprik6776
    @mikasprik6776 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Student teacher

  • @pedroisaac8815
    @pedroisaac8815 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    autor: good grief
    jotaro: YARE YARE DAZE...

  • @miguelmunoz324
    @miguelmunoz324 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Random order

  • @BenCadetThePastafarian
    @BenCadetThePastafarian 9 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Thank God I'm an Athiest!

  • @zanereeed
    @zanereeed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    POV: your here from your teacher

  • @flaminzblaze
    @flaminzblaze 14 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "a little too much"
    "only two"
    "dull point"
    "highly insignificant"
    "perfect fallibility"
    ...Are those oxymorons?

  • @guapoviejo9135
    @guapoviejo9135 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Puns are the highest form of humor.
    Ya gotta have a good vocabulary and a good memory as well as a really good, cynical sense of humor.

  • @johnwardell9434
    @johnwardell9434 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    what about government worker is that a oxymoron

    • @hanamirella301
      @hanamirella301 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +John Wardell i was reading the comments and my face went from :l to (when i saw your comment) :O (not exact representation, my mouth is bigger)

    • @maksat.menligulyyev
      @maksat.menligulyyev 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +John Wardell that was Irony, perhaps :D

    • @guapoviejo9135
      @guapoviejo9135 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      No.

  • @sporky69
    @sporky69 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I LOVED THAT CARTOON thanks for telling me I was looking for it!

  • @timothyball742
    @timothyball742 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sunday night football, you can't have both day and night at the same moment. If the game is at night why use day?

  • @rickydona919
    @rickydona919 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I always thought Oxymoron was something dumb people used to clean their clothes!

    • @guapoviejo9135
      @guapoviejo9135 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Funny. Thanks. As Milton Berle used to say, "I know a good joke when I steal one".

  • @TheDoctorManda
    @TheDoctorManda 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    My husband's favorite is "awful" as really it comes from "awe" which means to have a feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder," so the word technically means to be filled with awe, and yet we use it to describe something bad or unpleasant.

  • @sssubtle
    @sssubtle 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Relaxing dubstep

  • @umayuskaha
    @umayuskaha 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My shirt seems a little big.

  • @newmoonrose
    @newmoonrose 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    @Hitokage571 No because lit simply means lighted and dim refers to the approximate measure of lumens.
    Did I spell that right?
    However you are most definitely on the right track.

  • @lovesindre
    @lovesindre 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Alone together"... my favorite :)

  • @dwaynecarter6868
    @dwaynecarter6868 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Puns are funny!

  • @thegirlinashoe
    @thegirlinashoe 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @babybeatnik I love that you caught that! I have no idea why awful is used negatively.

  • @420spoods
    @420spoods 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    can we say lesson plan!
    thanks for this, I needed something short to show to my class later today.

  • @ZOMGitsLauren
    @ZOMGitsLauren 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Student teacher. The bloopers for this would of been amusing.

  • @jklolbrb100
    @jklolbrb100 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    my teacher likes the word oxymoron because it is the only time you can say moron without getting in trouble

  • @xXEvilSlyXx
    @xXEvilSlyXx 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Genuine veneer, Holy war, safety scissors, friendly fire, mandatory option, Dry ice, Jumbo Shrimp, A new classic, alone together, artificial intelligence, amateur expert, anarchy rules.

  • @kekdubs
    @kekdubs 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    When he said punny i lost control of my mouth and dribbled.

  • @isaedu1183
    @isaedu1183 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    HAHAHA! youre totally awesome. I think im gona watch all of your videos now. thank you for an amazing time laughing my ass off!

  • @PyroGoth1
    @PyroGoth1 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @babybeatnik
    There's a difference between awful and aweful though... and while aweful is not recognized as a word, if something is "full of awe" what happens to the e? I think aweful should be recognized as a word and awful should be redefined.

  • @MEGATROID114
    @MEGATROID114 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @quabot XD they are wet, so it should fall under liquid gas, but if it didnt, would it be a numb feeling??

  • @sifsclub
    @sifsclub 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jumbo shrimp is only considered an oxymoron because someone forgot that shrimp doesn't mean small, it's a type of shellfish and everyone else just went along with it.

  • @court365
    @court365 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    it reminded me of the starburst commercials where the scot-korean guy says it contridicts itself lmao

  • @cheetahburnssaved0931
    @cheetahburnssaved0931 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    does "dry ice" count?

  • @katuni08
    @katuni08 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Microsoft Works" made me laugh so hard that I had to start the video over because I missed a whole chunk!

    • @ivetterodriguez1994
      @ivetterodriguez1994 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      He did say the ones that are meant to be insulting or rude and funny aren't usually actual oxymorons.

  • @mykltron
    @mykltron 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    These videos are STUPIDLY CLEVER and INSANELY LOGICAL. Such a shame these people leaving comments don't seem to understand oxymorons.

  • @PrincessIzusu
    @PrincessIzusu 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awfully can also mean wonderfully since awe is like wonder so awfully good actually makes sense.

  • @mikejones7563
    @mikejones7563 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    "sharp-dullness"
    best description of wordplay

  • @Darkblitz9
    @Darkblitz9 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @babybeatnik
    Awful comes from Ayfull which comes from the old English egeful.
    ege= dread ful=full
    So Awful = dreadful
    You can use Awe-full, but in essence, both words are only homonyms.

  • @jamieisba1111
    @jamieisba1111 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow i didnt even reallize how many oxymorons we all use every day

  • @sislau
    @sislau 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Largely insignificant"
    "Consistently erratic"
    "Understandably disorganized"
    "Systematic chaos"
    "Absolutely wrong"
    "Very little"
    Hey, this is fun! :)

  • @scassarino
    @scassarino 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Act naturally" is really more like his example of "still moving." Act in that case doesn't mean to pretend to be something else, it simply means to behave. "Behave naturally" makes perfect sense. Anyone familiar with constitutional jurisprudence has heard my favorite: "substantive due process." Substantive law is law which is not about process, e.g. the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

  • @chaconmcfly
    @chaconmcfly 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @PowerhouseTom Rap music, Hahaha, that one is an instant classic.

  • @Avril.
    @Avril. 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @clucasism Hell being a concept this one wouldn't really qualify. However there is a place called Hel in Norway which freezes over in winter.

  • @MegaBobo234
    @MegaBobo234 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "living legend"

  • @fortherecord387
    @fortherecord387 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oxymorons is an old extinct word...we call these GavinNewsoms

  • @PyroGoth1
    @PyroGoth1 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @yhwsion
    Wow, do you prononse them wrounge too?

  • @DeathGlareFriend
    @DeathGlareFriend 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    it's 12:30 p.m, so my brain is fried just listening to this :)

  • @jamesivan24
    @jamesivan24 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Then there's pleonasms: a redundant phrase. They're the opposite of oxymorons, things life "true fact" and "free gift".

  • @DoctorCheryl
    @DoctorCheryl 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    My current thesis chapter is entitled, "The Glorious Revolution is an Oxymoron."
    I am trying too hard to be clever I think...
    damn this PhD!

  • @bhelliom3
    @bhelliom3 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the genuine laugh at 1:32 lol very cute.

  • @Eseress
    @Eseress 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    A lot of these aren't oxymorons, but still humorous.

  • @rast123456789
    @rast123456789 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Everybody is said to own public property, yet nobody owns it. Nobody enjoys control of its use, nobody is responsible or liable for its misuse. "Public" property has no owner, so either it's not property, or else it's not public."

  • @Adixo16
    @Adixo16 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks *takes a bow* I'm honoured

  • @TheProteanGeek
    @TheProteanGeek 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think where people make the fake oxymoron of military intelligence and things as such their point is actually more satire that relies on the people knowing what an oxymoron is to then convey their point.

  • @jomariepaulette
    @jomariepaulette 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Terribly Fantastic!

  • @TheViciousVendetta
    @TheViciousVendetta 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    God I love you guys.

  • @JAQQHC3
    @JAQQHC3 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Along with the not-so-clever variety with Military Intelligence and Business Ethics you should appreciate: Popular Science.

  • @iBiteUranus
    @iBiteUranus 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    loosely packed should fit into the same category as still moving and even odds. packed means packaged

  • @Jasonwolf1495
    @Jasonwolf1495 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    puns are funny, just not exsessivly. a good bit of shakesperian always is great.
    Look for me tomarrow and you'll find me a grave man- Romeo and Juliet.
    also Wild boar wouldn't count though it sounds like one, just checking.
    yesterday's tomarrow?

  • @SimLord
    @SimLord 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think "awfully good" is a misspelling of "awe fully good". As in "full of awe" as opposed to "bad".

  • @TJgrebdnul
    @TJgrebdnul 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Organized Chaos
    and
    Dull Roar

  • @AZITHEMLGPRO
    @AZITHEMLGPRO 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    XO you're braining my damage

  • @AJ-dt3ef
    @AJ-dt3ef 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Holy demon

  • @neonight69
    @neonight69 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this guy !

  • @Fatimus
    @Fatimus 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not exactly an oxymoron, but 'expect the unexpected' is a good ol' fashioned contradiction in terms. When you expect the unexpected you're expecting the expected because you stopped expecting the expected as soon as you began to expecting the unexpected.
    You know when you say a word so much it stops making sense... is expected even the word I'm looking for? Oh god, I did this with 'remote' once.

  • @Vladicuss
    @Vladicuss 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Permanent Guest Host

  • @PurpleThunder7
    @PurpleThunder7 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks, very well put.

  • @SomeoneMuchSmartest
    @SomeoneMuchSmartest 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    forgotten memory

  • @brodeurheaton
    @brodeurheaton 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    what about the words extra and ordinary to create extraordinary, two words when left by themselves in a sentence depict something that it very ordinary or routine, whereas together they turn into something, well, out of the ordinary or extreme

  • @IDontDoDrumCovers
    @IDontDoDrumCovers 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @ali388 actually free gift wouldnt be an oxymoron because they both meen the same thing or imply the same thing all gifts are free

  • @SuperSaiyanScandinavian
    @SuperSaiyanScandinavian 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @Awonnuriel yeah same with Norway. People just sound ignorant when they say it's always cold in Scandinavia.

  • @sfalanga42
    @sfalanga42 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    deafening silence

  • @SittFamily
    @SittFamily 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Doing Nothing, half empty, half full, never again, pure evil

  • @Zenthex
    @Zenthex 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    does "civil war" classify?

  • @SultanaBranWthBanana
    @SultanaBranWthBanana 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    AH!! AP LIT NEEDS THIS VIDEO!!

  • @millyissa
    @millyissa 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    my favorite "try too hard" one is Government Worker.

  • @usermikaelm
    @usermikaelm 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    An amish made electrical fireplace.

  • @halflifeproductionz
    @halflifeproductionz 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is really interesting, we use so much oxymorons every day. lol!

  • @secretsofmyenigma
    @secretsofmyenigma 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Smart bomb landing on a high valued target.

  • @Kevbox2008
    @Kevbox2008 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dude, "Microsoft Works" is indeed an oxymoron!!!

  • @jordanrb1996
    @jordanrb1996 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes, thank you! Someone is spreading the truth! God bless you!!!!!!

  • @megatr3dogg
    @megatr3dogg 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    how is good friday one???

  • @TokunboAdegbuyi
    @TokunboAdegbuyi 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @zenthex1234 No, because civil refers to a war amongst the same people, not "being polite and thoughtful about war"

  • @th3giv3r
    @th3giv3r 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @spacebetweeen "motion picture" is an oxymoron. The others are not. Just wanted to qualify my upvote.

  • @dorgrim
    @dorgrim 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @TIMoise54321 Well enlighten me on how "same difference" actually makes sense. I see it as the same group of "what in Sam Hill" or the the word "aint", where that group was derived from hillbillies. "Them brown wolves killed my cattle!" "Leroy, them wolves were grey!" "Same difference!'

  • @hahacomics123
    @hahacomics123 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    stop motion, think aloud,super natural
    i love oxymorons! : D

  • @Obli5ious
    @Obli5ious 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @legion696 ....he specifically mentioned in the video that this is not an oxymoron....

  • @whatayaDO543
    @whatayaDO543 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Something tells me I well never get this communication and language thing for as long as I live.
    I'm that hopeless.

  • @narutorandomness457
    @narutorandomness457 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Aw he said jumbo shrimp that was my secret

  • @ParkerMooreAKAparkr
    @ParkerMooreAKAparkr 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is why I love linguistics.

  • @starshield7
    @starshield7 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    hard-rain
    peanut-butter
    freeze-burn
    pain-relief

  • @davidarndt4699
    @davidarndt4699 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Military Intelligence IS definitely an oxymoron! Trust me, it certainly is! I know as a fact it is, because I was in the Army for Seven years.
    A lot of soldiers I knew did things the hard way or tried things that didn't make sense and didn't work as planned.
    Some other people were know it all's and tried to act smart. But, those people were actually stupider than hell!

  • @Allucouldwant
    @Allucouldwant 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    Like Real Magic, No-Aim Scope (from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue and Red Rescue Team), Werewolf, a phrase like: "Stupid geniuses and your big brains" which sounds like something Peter Griffin would say.

  • @M45T3RFUL
    @M45T3RFUL 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Not alot"
    "Tough Love"
    "Good Friday"
    "Biggie Smalls"
    "Catholic Christians"...
    "American Educaiton"
    That's as much as i can think of now.

  • @tomford16
    @tomford16 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thats one of those dumb ones that people say who are trying to sound smart. Good job.

  • @stellcrystal1361
    @stellcrystal1361 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    The longer you live, the sooner you die!

  • @KristinUlfeng
    @KristinUlfeng 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    "fresh frozen"

  • @tlyoung10
    @tlyoung10 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    a quote from Rudolph...Lets be independant together

  • @th3giv3r
    @th3giv3r 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @guiltyvictim It depends on your usage of "guilty", i.e. "charged with wrongdoing" or "affected by a feeling of guilt". However, the more I think about it, the less oxymoronic it becomes...

  • @ZontarDow
    @ZontarDow 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @cpen22 I have 2 things to say: 1) It's a joke (mostly) and 2) It's more then 500 characters, so I had to delete some things so they could still be read.