Oxymorons & Redundancies

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OXYMORONS
and other contradictions

ox·y·mo·ron (ks-môrn, -mr-)
n. pl. ox·y·mo·ra (-môr, -mr) or ox·y·mo·rons 
A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist.

natural makeup
smooth jazz
soft rock
spend freely
pretty ugly
definite maybe
peace force
almost exactly
resident alien
civil war
good grief
plastic glasses
political science
passive aggressive
act naturally
old news
paid volunteer
only choice
minor crisis
genuine imitation
found missing
exact estimate
known secret
holy war
original copy
Fox News
same difference
perfect English
expect the unexpected
REDUNDANCIES
REDUNDANCIES 
hot water heater
safe haven
past history
above and beyond
newly renovated
over and above
free gift
freedom and liberty
added bonus
plan ahead
end result
tuna fish
cash money
new beginning
blind faith (isn't "blindness" the very definition of faith?)
 
SPECIAL CONSIDERATION:
"too much of a good thing" (if you can truly have "too much" then it is no longer a "good thing", right? is this an oxymoron, a redundancy, or both?)
 
 
 
OXYMORONIC IRONIC REDUNDANCIES
suspending a student for skipping class

If winners never quit and quitters never win, why do they say "quit while you're ahead"?

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