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Exercise #255: Prep
Posted 3/7/08 - 3/13/08
Each person was asked to submit common word pairs where the two words cancel each other out (oxymorons) or have the same meaning. Here are the submission from Desk Drawer listmembers.
a definite maybe, submitted by Tyger Valverde and Sue Levy
a dull knife, submitted by Susan Frank
a fine mess, submitted by Susan Frank
adult children, submitted by Charlene
advance planning, submitted by B Paul Dean
all alone, submitted by Charlene
alone together, submitted by Trish
at this point in time, submitted by Sharon Tabor Warren
auto pilot, submitted by Jan
awfully good, submitted by Jan
barely kicking, submitted by Marjorie Sallee
bigger half, submitted by Jan
bitter sweet, submitted by Mamie
brief stay, submitted by Jo Best
butt head, submitted by Jan
civil war, submitted by Tyger Valverde
common abnormality, submitted by Charlene
dark chocolate, submitted by Shannon Lynch
drop dead gorgeous, submitted by Sue Levy
dry ice, submitted by Charlene
each and every, submitted by B Paul Dean
early answer, submitted by Sally French
fantastically common, submitted by Jo Best
fire water, submitted by Sharon Poppen
found missing, submitted by Marjorie Sallee
free gift, submitted by Susan Frank
fresh-frozen, submitted by Steven Williamson
friendly fire, submitted by Marjorie Sallee
grudging apology, submitted by Mamie
have not, submitted by Sharon Poppen
head butt, submitted by Marjorie Sallee
hidden in plain sight, submitted by Marjorie Sallee
holy hell, submitted by Susan Frank
honest politician, submitted by Sue Levy
honest truth, submitted by Tyger Valverde
hot waterheater, submitted by Tyger Valverde
icy hot, submitted by Mamie
invisible ink, submitted by Sue Levy
jumbo shrimp, submitted by Steven Williamson
just about, submitted by John Boylan
kosher ham, submitted by Marjorie Sallee
light black, submitted by Jo Best
liquid smoke, submitted by Steven Williamson
living dead, submitted by Marjorie Sallee
mandatory voluntary development plan (from my work), submitted by winebird
mud bath, submitted by Charlene
near miss, submitted by Jan
near to, submitted by John Boylan
negative growth, submitted by Mary Ruth
new improved, submitted by Krys Douglas
obsessive-compulsive disorder, submitted by Tyger Valverde
off white, submitted by Jo Best
old news, submitted by Susan Frank
older people, submitted by B Paul Dean
once again, submitted by Jan
open marriage, submitted by Terry Struse
paid volunteer, submitted by Susan Frank
personal computer, submitted by Trish
pet peeve, submitted by Sharon Poppen
plastic glasses, submitted by Steven Williamson and Trish
Popular Science, submitted by Tyger Valverde
positively brilliant, submitted by Murielle
positively negative (from the news), submitted by Mamie
practical parenting, submitted by Steven Williamson
pregnant pause, submitted by Joan Kilgannon
present moment, submitted by Sally French
pretty ugly, submitted by Trish and Sue Levy
quiet riot, submitted by Steven Williamson
random order, submitted by Marjorie Sallee
real illusion, submitted by Marjorie Sallee
right here, submitted by Sharon Tabor Warren
right now, submitted by Sharon Tabor Warren and John Boylan
right there, submitted by Sharon Tabor Warren
same difference, submitted by Marjorie Sallee
securely dead (from Your Royal Hostage by Antonio Fraser), submitted by Chas
shady lady, submitted by Mamie
simply complicated, submitted by Jo Best
skeletal remains, submitted by Marjorie Sallee
soft rock (music), submitted by Steven Williamson
square meal, submitted by winebird
stick shift, submitted by Shannon Lynch
taped live, submitted by Trish
tax return, submitted by Trish
terribly gorgeous, submitted by Sally French
terrific headache, submitted by Steven Williamson
tight slacks, submitted by Marjorie Sallee
tragic comedy, submitted by Mamie
true sham, submitted by Marjorie Sallee
turned up missing, submitted by Jan
verbal agreement not worth the paper it’s written on (Samuel Goldwyn?), submitted by Sue Levy
very first, submitted by B Paul Dean
We proudly serve (Smith County Sheriff’s Dept.), submitted by Tyger Valverde
weird characters (from Michelle’s email regarding “weird characters”), submitted by Shannon Lynch
white chocolate, submitted by Sue Levy
window shopping, submitted by Jo Best
working vacation, submitted by Marjorie Sallee
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