old news                                
                                light heavyweight
                                even odds                              
                                original copy
                                random order
                                recorded live
                                standard deviation
                                pretty ugly
                                civil war
                                divorce court
                                inside out
                                open secret
                                conspicuously absent
                                same difference
                                elevated subway
                                industrial park
                                open secret
                                sight unseen
                                plastic silverware
                                student teacher
                                benevolent despot
                                loyal opposition
                                working vacation
                                final draft
                                idiot savant
                                computer jock
                                one-man band
                                act naturally
                                press release
                                kickstand
                                applied theory
                                found missing
                                resident alien
                                same difference
                                almost exactly
                                "Now, then . . . "
                                plastic glasses
                                definite maybe
                                exact estimate
                                tight slacks
                                second best
                                critical acclaim
                                devout atheist
                                partially complete

                               This list deliberately avoids teasing oxymorons, such as
                               airline food,  rap music, British fashion, military intelligence