Oxymorons
| No. of Players: | 1+ |
| Type of Game: | written or spoken |
| What you need: | pen & paper or nothing |
Goal
To think of self-contradictory phrases.
How to play
An oxymoron is a figure of speech which contains words that seem to contradict one another. Most oxymorons are two words in length. In this game, players challenge themselves or others to see how many of these 'contradictions in terms' they can come up with in a given amount of time. The winner is the player who comes up with the most.
This word game is similar to Irish Bull.
Example
The players write down as many oxymorons as they can think of in 5 minutes. After which they take turns reading them one-by-one to each other. The player with the greatest number is declared the winner.
| Andrew: | awfully good |
| Beau: | clearly misunderstood |
| Cabot: | loud whisper |
| Danielle: | crash landing |
| Edric: | seriously funny |
| Fatma: | same difference |
| Andrew: | passive aggressive |
| Beau: | exact estimate |
| Cabot: | rock opera |
| Danielle: | partial success |
| Edric: | freezer burn |
| Fatma: | virtual reality |
| Andrew: | good grief |
| Beau: | paid volunteers |
| Cabot: | civil war |
| Danielle: | tragic comedy |
| Edric: | unbiased opinion |
| Fatma: | jumbo shrimp |
| Andrew: | safe bet |
| Beau: | That's all I had! (Beau drops out of the game.) |
| Cabot: | recent history |
And so on.
