The word for these is oxymoron. (conjoining contradictory terms)

The link listed below calls itself the largest oxymoron list online.

Here are its top 20:

20. Government Organization

19. Alone Together

18. Personal Computer

17. Silent Scream

16. Living Dead

15. Same Difference

14. Taped Live

13. Plastic Glasses

12. Tight Slacks

11. Peace Force

10. Pretty Ugly

9. Head Butt

8. Working Vacation

7. Tax Return

6. Virtual Reality

5. Dodge Ram

4. Work Party

3. Jumbo Shrimp

2. Healthy Tan

1. Microsoft Works

I am not sure if this answers the question, but one thing that I always thought was kind of peculiar is the fact that as single words, “awe” and “wonder” are synonyms. But when you add the suffix “ful,” they become antonyms. Weird, huh?

How about a bridge going over the highway. Wouldn’t that make it the low way?

Have you ever paid a toll on a freeway?

What do all of the following have in common?

Playing cards

Dental work

A musical piece

Your nose

Eye glasses.

Roads

Rivers and other bodies of water

By a slim margin, the most populated city in CT

a fine mess

a just war

a little big

a new classic

absolutely unsure

abundant poverty

accidentally on purpose

accurate estimate

act naturally

active retirement

actual reenactment

adult children

advanced basic

advanced beginner

agree to disagree

alone in a crowd

almost exactly

almost safe

almost surprised

almost totally

alone together

amateur expert

amicable divorce

among the first

better than new

beyond infinity

big baby

big sip

big town

bigger half

bingeing on moderation

bitter sweet

black light

blameless culprit

boneless ribs

books on tape

boring court jester

boring entertainmentcavalier concern

center around

certainly unsure

cheerful pessimist

cheerfully cynical

cheerfully mournful

chilling fever

Christian evolutionist

civil disobedience

Civil War

cruel kindness

current history

diminutive giants

dim light

dimwit

direct circumvention

disciplined gluttony

discretionary rules

disposable income

distant relative

divided unity

divorce court

doing nothing

doubting believers

drawing a blank

dress pants

exact estimate

expected serendipity

expected surprise

expect the unexpected

explicit innuendo

explicitly ambiguous

express line

expressive silence

extended deadline

Play- a performance where you recite lines

Recital- A performance where you play an instrument

make haste slowly cruel kindness Poor little rich girl. wise fool You’re never too old to learn. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Many hands make light work Too many cooks spoil the broth Birds of a feather flock together Oppposites attract. ( I think this is what you mean).

Gangplank – only one man walks it

I thought contradictory words were like…………..Alone Together and Pretty Ugly

when ask someone to reduce speed ,you say:

SLOW UP or SLOW DOWN

other way ,we say :SPEED UP

also:

CALL SOMEONE UP

CALM DOWN

hot chili peppers.

undercutting overheads.

batsman out on the field when he’s in, and in the pavilion when he’s out.

drive thru window! he, he, he!!♥

drive up to window and stop!