"Natural Oxymora are in pairs such as: inside out, student teacher, working vacation, small fortune, industrial park, open secret, sight unseen, loyal opposition, idiot savant, light heavyweight. original copy, final draft, random order, freezer burn, negative growth, standard deviation, build-down, elevated subway, mobile home, benign neglect, fresh frozen, deliberate speed, benevolent despot, recorded live, one-man band, old boy, and living end. The perception of these duos as oxymora is relatively direct and effortless and does not depend on plays on words or personal values."
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