Erika's Haven

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2009 10:52AM

brief note on word play

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In making a comment on a post by Kanuk, I noted that "Christian charity" has become an oxymoron in the hands of the religious right or so-called "moral majority", a more mean-spirited bunch than I've come across in Lo! these many years.

That got me to thinking about oxymora (that's the plural of oxymoron) in general, & I found this fun article by Richard Lederer under the heading "Oxymoronology".

It quotes a lot of good ones, including the well known  "criminal lawyer", one of my all-time favourites. I also love that the word oxymoron is itself an oxymoron. How much fun is that?

I was reminded that this was a common theme used by the late, great George Carlin, a few of which I found on this little YouTube collection (for some reason, this didn't want to show up as a video link, I'll try to fix it later).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6deudS3t7E

And now, it's a lovely sunny day & I'm out of here! Got to go take care of my "low-maintenance garden".

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I like 'military intelligence' myself...
*smacks forehead* Of course, one of my faves as well.