Okay, i'm bored, so lets look all these words up in a dictionary!
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/oxymoron
ox·y·mo·ron
A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist.
Okay, so we're looking for combined terms which seem to contradict each other. Good to know.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/serious
se⋅ri⋅ous
2. of grave or somber disposition, character, or manner: a serious occasion; a serious man.
5. weighty or important: a serious book; Marriage is a serious matter.
6. giving cause for apprehension; critical: The plan has one serious flaw.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gamer
game
–noun
1. an amusement or pastime: children's games.
3. a competitive activity involving skill, chance, or endurance on the part of two or more persons who play according to a set of rules, usually for their own amusement or for that of spectators.
10. fun; sport of any kind; joke: That's about enough of your games.
'Game' and 'serious' have lots of definitions, so in the interest of brevity, I sliced out ones which were irrelevant or didn't seem to have any contradictions. See any incongruous combinations here? How about 'somber fun,' 'critical pastime,' 'important joke,' or 'grave amusement?'
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