| No. | Term | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Act naturally | Behave normally on command. |
| 2. | Accidentally on purpose | Seemingly unintentional, actually deliberate. |
| 3. | Alone together | Together, yet emotionally separate. |
| 4. | Almost exactly | Nearly precise; not fully exact. |
| 5. | Awfully good | Very good, despite negative wording. |
| 6. | Bitter sweet | Pleasant yet painful at once. |
| 7. | Bright darkness | Darkness oddly filled with light. |
| 8. | Calm storm | Turbulence described as peaceful. |
| 9. | Clearly confused | Obviously uncertain or muddled. |
| 10. | Civil war | War within one nation. |
| 11. | Cold fire | Fire described as chilling. |
| 12. | Controlled chaos | Managed disorder; planned unpredictability. |
| 13. | Crash landing | Landing that is essentially a crash. |
| 14. | Cruel kindness | Kind act that causes pain. |
| 15. | Deafening silence | Silence so intense it feels loud. |
| 16. | Definite maybe | Uncertain answer stated firmly. |
| 17. | Delicious poison | Tempting thing that harms. |
| 18. | Devout atheist | Zealous nonbeliever; fervently irreligious. |
| 19. | Doomed success | Success that ensures failure later. |
| 20. | Dry humor | Humor delivered without emotion. |
| 21. | Eloquent silence | Meaningful silence that communicates. |
| 22. | Endless moment | Moment that feels never-ending. |
| 23. | Exact estimate | Estimate presented as precise. |
| 24. | Faithless believer | Believer lacking faith; contradictory conviction. |
| 25. | False truth | Claimed truth that is untrue. |
| 26. | Found missing | Discovered to be absent. |
| 27. | Friendly fire | Attack by one’s own side. |
| 28. | Genuine imitation | Imitation presented as authentic. |
| 29. | Growing smaller | Becoming less while increasing. |
| 30. | Guest host | Host who is also a guest. |
| 31. | Half full | Partly full, implying partly empty. |
| 32. | Happily miserable | Content while being unhappy. |
| 33. | Heavenly hell | Hellish place described as blissful. |
| 34. | Honest lie | Lie told with sincere intent. |
| 35. | Hopeless optimism | Optimism despite no hope. |
| 36. | Humble pride | Pride expressed modestly. |
| 37. | Idiotic genius | Genius acting foolishly. |
| 38. | Ignorant expert | Expert lacking basic knowledge. |
| 39. | Illogical reason | Reason that doesn’t make sense. |
| 40. | Instant classic | Classic status achieved immediately. |
| 41. | Jumbo shrimp | Large shrimp; contradictory size terms. |
| 42. | Keen indifference | Strongly felt lack of interest. |
| 43. | Known secret | Secret that everyone knows. |
| 44. | Labor-saving device | Tool creating more work. |
| 45. | Lead balloon | Something that fails badly. |
| 46. | Less is more | Simplicity yields greater effect. |
| 47. | Liquid gas | Gas described as liquid. |
| 48. | Living dead | Dead yet animated; zombie-like. |
| 49. | Loud whisper | Whisper that is conspicuously loud. |
| 50. | Love-hate | Simultaneous affection and resentment. |
| 51. | Lucky accident | Accident that turns beneficial. |
| 52. | Military intelligence | Intelligence in military context; ironic. |
| 53. | Minor crisis | Small emergency; limited catastrophe. |
| 54. | Missing link | Absent connection in a chain. |
| 55. | Narrow majority | Majority by a small margin. |
| 56. | Negative growth | Growth that is actually decline. |
| 57. | New tradition | Recently created long-standing practice. |
| 58. | Noise pollution | Unwanted noise treated as contaminant. |
| 59. | Old news | News that is no longer new. |
| 60. | Only choice | Choice that allows no alternatives. |
| 61. | Open secret | Secret widely known. |
| 62. | Organized mess | Mess arranged systematically. |
| 63. | Original copy | Copy presented as the original. |
| 64. | Painfully beautiful | Beauty that causes emotional pain. |
| 65. | Passive-aggressive | Hostility expressed indirectly. |
| 66. | Perfectly imperfect | Flaws considered ideal. |
| 67. | Plastic glasses | Glasses made from non-glass. |
| 68. | Pretty ugly | Somewhat ugly; oddly attractive. |
| 69. | Random order | Order determined by chance. |
| 70. | Real fiction | Fiction based on real events. |
| 71. | Same difference | Differences that don’t matter. |
| 72. | Scared fearless | Fear present in apparent bravery. |
| 73. | Seriously funny | Very funny, said earnestly. |
| 74. | Silent scream | Scream without sound. |
| 75. | Simply complicated | Complicated yet presented as simple. |
| 76. | Small crowd | Crowd that is not large. |
| 77. | Soft rock | Rock music that is gentle. |
| 78. | Solo duet | Duet performed by one person. |
| 79. | Stable chaos | Persistent disorder; chaotic equilibrium. |
| 80. | Student teacher | Teacher who is also a student. |
| 81. | Sweet sorrow | Sadness mixed with pleasure. |
| 82. | Taller dwarf | Dwarf described as taller. |
| 83. | Terribly pleased | Very pleased, using negative intensifier. |
| 84. | The same but different | Similar yet not identical. |
| 85. | True myth | Myth containing real truth. |
| 86. | Unbiased opinion | Opinion claimed to be impartial. |
| 87. | Unclear clarity | Clarity that remains confusing. |
| 88. | Unconscious awareness | Awareness without conscious thought. |
| 89. | Unfriendly friend | Friend behaving hostilely. |
| 90. | Unnatural selection | Selection guided by humans. |
| 91. | Unpredictable certainty | Certainty described as unforeseeable. |
| 92. | Virtual reality | Simulated environment called real. |
| 93. | Visible invisibility | Invisibility that is noticeable. |
| 94. | Walking dead | Living beings behaving like dead. |
| 95. | War is peace | Peace claimed through war. |
| 96. | Weak strength | Strength that is insufficient. |
| 97. | Wise fool | Foolish person with insight. |
| 98. | Working vacation | Vacation that includes work. |
| 99. | Worthless value | Value that is negligible. |
| 100. | Young old | Old person who seems youthful. |
