List of favorite oxymorons, redundancies and a few euphemisms

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by jared2, Jun 1, 2006.

Page 4 of 5
  1. jared2

    jared2 New Member

    Joined:
    Aug 19, 2005
    1,615
    1
    0
    Brobdingnagian suv
     
    #61 jared2, Jun 6, 2006
  2. TwelveInchPrius

    TwelveInchPrius New Member

    Joined:
    May 26, 2006
    39
    0
    0
    SixInchPrius
     
    #62 TwelveInchPrius, Jun 6, 2006
  3. larkinmj

    larkinmj New Member

    Joined:
    Jan 31, 2006
    1,996
    5
    0
    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jared2 @ Jun 6 2006, 11:13 AM) [snapback]266641[/snapback]</div>
    Are you saying that you think jazz is vacuous? Now jared, we see eye-to-eye on a lot of things, but I would have to take issue with that! Thelonious Monk and Louis Armstrong were not vacuous by any stretch of the imagination!
    Now I will grant you that much of the pablum that is sold as jazz (e.g., Kenny G) is vacuous, but no serious jazz aficionado considers that crap to be jazz.
     
    #63 larkinmj, Jun 6, 2006
  4. jared2

    jared2 New Member

    Joined:
    Aug 19, 2005
    1,615
    1
    0
    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TwelveInchPrius @ Jun 6 2006, 11:26 AM) [snapback]266654[/snapback]</div>
    Now you're being a little more realistic :)
     
    #64 jared2, Jun 6, 2006
  5. MarinJohn

    MarinJohn Senior Member

    Joined:
    Feb 6, 2004
    3,945
    304
    0
    thinking republican
    selfish liberal
    christian
    defeatest progressive
    kind bush supporter
    damned gay



    dumb democrat
    republican rapture
     
    #65 MarinJohn, Jun 6, 2006
  6. jared2

    jared2 New Member

    Joined:
    Aug 19, 2005
    1,615
    1
    0
    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(larkinmj @ Jun 6 2006, 11:28 AM) [snapback]266656[/snapback]</div>
    I knew that would get a reaction. :)

    Seriously, I like a lot of jazz and it can be very relaxing but so much of it seems like doodling compared to classical music. A lot of it lacks ideas. But then I don't know jazz very well. (Of course, it has more stucture than the well-tempered clavier compared to a lot of pop music)
     
    #66 jared2, Jun 6, 2006
  7. larkinmj

    larkinmj New Member

    Joined:
    Jan 31, 2006
    1,996
    5
    0
    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(MarinJohn @ Jun 6 2006, 11:52 AM) [snapback]266668[/snapback]</div>
    Q: Why doesn't the Prius come with a sunroof?
    A: Because Prius drivers don't believe in the rapture.
    (you may need to think about that one.)
     
    #67 larkinmj, Jun 6, 2006
  8. jared2

    jared2 New Member

    Joined:
    Aug 19, 2005
    1,615
    1
    0
    vital statistics
    library (redundant)
    books (redundant)
    librarian (redundant)
    limbo (soon to be redundant)
     
    #68 jared2, Jun 6, 2006
  9. jared2

    jared2 New Member

    Joined:
    Aug 19, 2005
    1,615
    1
    0
    atheist lion (redundant)
     
    #69 jared2, Jun 6, 2006
  10. jared2

    jared2 New Member

    Joined:
    Aug 19, 2005
    1,615
    1
    0
    9/11 truth commission (oxymoron)
    higher education (oxymoron)
    military justice
    collateral damage (euphemism)
    senior citizen (euphemism)
    original material
    easy piano pieces (oxymoron)
    conservative think tank (redundant)
     
    #70 jared2, Jun 6, 2006
  11. jared2

    jared2 New Member

    Joined:
    Aug 19, 2005
    1,615
    1
    0
    ignorant racist (suffers from racisim) :p
     
    #71 jared2, Jun 7, 2006
  12. withersea

    withersea DNF is better than DNS

    Joined:
    Jun 5, 2006
    1,162
    7
    0
    Location:
    TN
    Vehicle:
    2010 Prius
    Model:
    III
    Department of Redundancy Department
     
    #72 withersea, Jun 7, 2006
  13. jared2

    jared2 New Member

    Joined:
    Aug 19, 2005
    1,615
    1
    0
    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(withersea @ Jun 7 2006, 03:37 PM) [snapback]267402[/snapback]</div>

    Why does a bureaucrat never look out his office window in the morning?
    He would have nothing to do in the afternoon.
     
    #73 jared2, Jun 7, 2006
  14. mini2prius

    mini2prius Junior Member

    Joined:
    Jan 26, 2006
    72
    0
    0
    Just saw this one in another thread:

    "Actor Charlie Sheen has joined a growing army of other highly credible public figures..."

    "Charlie Sheen" and "highly credible public figure" qualifies as an oxymoron in my book
     
    #74 mini2prius, Jun 7, 2006
  15. jared2

    jared2 New Member

    Joined:
    Aug 19, 2005
    1,615
    1
    0
    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mini2prius @ Jun 7 2006, 08:24 PM) [snapback]267572[/snapback]</div>
    Other "highly credible public figures":

    G. W. Bush
    Dick Cheney
    Don Rumsfeld

    [At least, they are to the credulous.]

    green suv (heard on radio ad)
    terminate with extreme predjudice (eumphemism)
    disappear with extreme predjudice (used in CIA camps throughout eastern europe and the middle east)
    extraordinary rendition (obsolete, nothing extraordinary about it now)
     
    #75 jared2, Jun 8, 2006
  16. jared2

    jared2 New Member

    Joined:
    Aug 19, 2005
    1,615
    1
    0
    safe house
     
    #76 jared2, Jun 9, 2006
  17. JackDodge

    JackDodge Gold Member

    Joined:
    Sep 22, 2005
    2,366
    4
    0
    Location:
    Bloomfield Hills, MI
    Vehicle:
    Other Hybrid
    one redundancy that seems to have grown like a nasty weed lately is "exact same thing". Is there such a thing as inexact same thing? or, exact different thing?

    The other day, I heard a senator on the news saying that something was very very very very VERY important. As if you really need all of that redundancy. What, is saying "important" not enough or that it's not really important unless it's very very very very VERY important? Is very very very VERY important less important than very very very very VERY important?

    It's disheartening to realize how many journalists and politicians and the many talking heads out there in America slept through too many english classes or didn't retain very much.
     
    #77 JackDodge, Jun 9, 2006
  18. jared2

    jared2 New Member

    Joined:
    Aug 19, 2005
    1,615
    1
    0
    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(JackDodge @ Jun 9 2006, 11:04 AM) [snapback]268585[/snapback]</div>
    Amazing coincidence! I was just thinking the exact same thing!
     
    #78 jared2, Jun 9, 2006
  19. Mystery Squid

    Mystery Squid Junior Member

    Joined:
    May 18, 2005
    2
    3
    0
    Why is redundancy seemingly so negative in the first place?

    One could argue a redundancy is, in fact, futher emphasis...

    A matter of efficiency? So what? Will we ever run out of space for words?

    ...or would you all rather we become robots and speak in clear, efficient, declarative sentences, with a nasal monotone?

    :rolleyes:
     
    #79 Mystery Squid, Jun 9, 2006
  20. jared2

    jared2 New Member

    Joined:
    Aug 19, 2005
    1,615
    1
    0
    godless communist
    nancy boy
    caring profession
    useful redundancy
    golden years
    infomercial
    capitalist democracy
    comfortable tie
    genuinely funny
    genuine quack
    personal privacy
     
    #80 jared2, Jun 9, 2006
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)
Page 4 of 5