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Kurt Wilner & Tammy Green sent along this list of oxymorons:

1. Act naturally

2. Found missing

3. Resident alien

4. Advanced BASIC

5. Genuine imitation

6. Airline Food

7. Good grief

8. Same difference

9. Almost exactly

10. Government organization

11. Sanitary landfill

12. Alone together

13. Legally drunk

14. Silent scream

15. Living dead

16. Small crowd

17. Business ethics

18. Soft rock

19. Butt Head

20. Military Intelligence

21. Software documentation

22. New classic

23. Sweet sorrow

24. Childproof

25. "Now, then ..."

26. Synthetic natural gas

27. Passive aggression

28. Taped live

29. Clearly misunderstood

30. Peace force

31. Extinct Life

32. Temporary tax increase

33. Computer jock

34. Plastic glasses

35. Terribly pleased

36. Computer security

37. Political science

38. Tight slacks

39. Definite maybe

40. Pretty ugly

41. Twelve-ounce pound cake

42. Diet ice cream

43. Working vacation

44. Exact estimate

45. Microsoft Works

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