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An oxymoron is a figure of speech combining terms that are usually contradictory and or opposite. Some examples are:
jumbo shrimp, extremely average, same difference, living dead, calculated risk, deafening silence, open secret, military intelligence, business ethics, honest politician, religious tolerance, and Microsoft Works.

A 'Janus word' is a word that is its own opposite—like 'fast', which can refer both to moving very quickly and to staying put. Frequently described as "words that are their own opposites.

Technically, if they don't mix (eg, as oil and water don't mix) they are immiscible, but not necessarily opposite.

Specifically, a contronym is a word with a homonym (another word with the same spelling but different meaning) that is also an antonym (a word with the opposite meaning).

Two things which are absolute opposites of each other, are diametrically opposed or diametric. We often perceive coins as being diametric, while forgetting that they have a third side: the edge.

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The director? Oh, he left.

He found your audition so disturbing…

…he decided to cut the part of the paperboy out completely.

Well yeah I mean…

…I thought you nailed it.
But maybe using actual nails was too method?

The arterial spray really ****ed him up in the head…

TODAY IS NOT

What did one Frenchman say to the other?

I have no idea; I don’t speak French.

Kevin Bacon was in A FEW GOOD MEN with Kevin Pollak, who was in THE BIG YEAR with Jim Parsons.