Oxymorons.

[Jackson]

Yeah, so, this is probably the first forum game inspired by a language arts lecture, but these things are actually pretty cool. Basically, if you don't know what these things are, they're basically things that shouldn't make sense, like "Vegetarian Meatball" or "Jumbo Shrimp". This is actually harder to come up with then you'd expect. So have fun!

[Ricky]

A Gigantic Fairy (is that what you mean?)

[Lyserg Zeroz]

I think a better explanation is "Two opposed concepts combined to make a new one". They can actually make sense, or at least seem like they do ;D.

"Cold heat of summer"

[Jackson]

Nov 3, 2010 16:01:06 GMT -5 Lyserg Zeroz said:

I think a better explanation is "Two opposed concepts combined to make a new one". They can actually make sense, or at least seem like they do ;D.

"Cold heat of summer"

^this. I wasn't feeling very articulate right after school.

[Ryan]

Cafeteria food
act naturally
victim-less crime
weekday

[Ryan]

Also, some oxymoronic activities

Admitting humility
shyly bragging

[Jackson]

Anarchy rules.
A new classic.
Bass guitar.

[Ricky]

Nov 3, 2010 16:15:51 GMT -5 Ryan said:

Cafeteria food

lol so true... xD

[newschooled]

Compassionate Conservative

[Jackson]

Nov 3, 2010 17:13:34 GMT -5 newschooled said:

Compassionate Conservative

I lawl'd.

[austkyzor]

(The) Progressive Conservative (Party of Canada)
Vegan Quiche

[Lyserg Zeroz]

Looking Forward to the Past

;D?

[newschooled]

Dying to live

[Flappy]

Nov 3, 2010 16:15:51 GMT -5 Ryan said:

Cafeteria food No
act naturallyyes
victim-less crimeyes
weekdayNo

Nov 3, 2010 16:01:06 GMT -5 Lyserg Zeroz said:

I think a better explanation is "Two opposed concepts combined to make a new one". They can actually make sense, or at least seem like they do ;D.

"Cold heat of summer"

No. This is not what an oxymoron is.

I think a lot of you really don't understand what an oxymoron is. Oxymoron's are not made up things (granted they can be made up, but it's not as simpl as just saying "tallshort" as a lot of you seem to be doing), they're already conceived things that have a meaning that contradicts the norm or the accepted idea.

For instance:
-White Chocolate
-Kill them with kindness
-Benefit concert for the deaf (I actually don't think this is one, but I think it's clever...I came up with it )

[qooqǝɯɐƃ]

Oxymorons are just two words that contradict each other.

Like... military intelligence (as a joke, obviously)
Giant dwarf and
True lies.

[Lyserg Zeroz]

Whether they are made up or not has nothing to do with it D=
Also, even by your own definition, I wouldn't be so sure about the white chocolate being an oxymoron. And, Beneficial concert for the deaf seems more of an amphibology than an oxymoron, it seems like you are playing with the way the phrase should be understood in the first place, but still, I think it can be taken as an oxymoron.

I still think my definition is correct. I will restate as this: Merging to seemingly (or actually) contradictory terms to make a new one || Something that is "surprisingly true" while it seems paradoxical.

An oxymoron (plural oxymorons or oxymora) (from Greek ὀξύμωρον, "sharp dull") is a figure of speech that combines normally-contradictory terms. Oxymorons appear in a variety of contexts, including inadvertent errors such as extremely average and literary oxymorons crafted to reveal a paradox.

Wiki. Note the "Variety of contexts" and "crafted to reveal a paradox". Sometimes making up a paradox is not enough to make an oxymoron, but this may be used in the pun-like oxymorons

is made up of two or more words that seem to be opposite to each other, or actually are opposite.

Wiki (simple english)

conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')

WordReference.com

a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true)

Oxford Dctionary.

It consists on harmonizing two opposed concepts in one single expression, that way, forming a third concept . Since the literal sense of an Oxymoron is 'absurd' (Example, «An enternal instant»), the reader is forced to find a metaphorical meaning. (Original)^{Consiste en armonizar dos conceptos opuestos en una sola expresión, formando así un tercer concepto. Dado que el sentido literal de un oxímoron es ‘absurdo’ (por ejemplo, «un instante eterno»), se fuerza al lector a buscar un sentido metafórico.}

Wiki (Spanish)

EDIT as I realise people may have problems with me quoting mostly wiki (which is criticized as a not so good source) I will reinforce with more:

: a combination of contradictory or incongruous words (as cruel kindness); broadly : something (as a concept) that is made up of contradictory or incongruous elements

Merriam-Webster.com

a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.”

Dictionary.com

RAE (Real Academia Española/Royal Spanish Academy) and other sites I found also had a definition like the one from WordReference.
I also tried with real-life dictionaries, but, maybe because they are too old or some others are too basic, I couldn't find the word.

I think that the fact that sometimes the people use them everyday without realising the contradictions helps your definition of "contradicting the accepted idea" but there is more to it.

By this definitions, (using as example my own post) "Cold heat of summer" is an oxymoron. I've combined Cold (as an adjecive) with heat (noun). Cold having the figurative meaning of something heartless, cruel. That way I merged cold and heat to make a new concept of a cold heat, which I think of as an intense heat, so much so that it is cruel and unforgiving, cold.

[SwimFellow]

Er... Microsoft Works.

[Freddy]

I actually lol'd on that one XD

[Jackson]

This has became more of Debate Club than forum games...
Noo rool: no arguing about grammar.

[Lyserg Zeroz]

Ok =(
What about explaining grammar instead of arguing =D?
...

The anarchist leader (I actually heard this one on the news).