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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Oct 3, 2005 5:57:47 GMT -6
I have been reading a book with this title for the past week or so. The word oxymoronica was invented by the author (Mardy Gothe) to encompass not only the traditional oxymorons (pretty ugly, acting naturally, jumbo shrimp, etc) but an expanded world of sentences and paragraphs of seemingly contradictory terms.
The author has grouped these by subject, and provides the source.
My thought is to post one occasionally ala the Word of the Day thread. I will vary the subject matter.
To start off...
There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them. - George Orwell
Gordon
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Post by Chicago Jake on Oct 3, 2005 9:09:58 GMT -6
Would that include sentences like: "Nobody goes there anymore because it's too damn crowded."
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Oct 3, 2005 9:16:05 GMT -6
Yep, along with the other collected works of Yogi Berra.
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Post by Hazelita on Oct 3, 2005 16:13:48 GMT -6
After I've driven all day long on the parkway I came home to park in my driveway.
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Post by BBoxymoronica on Oct 3, 2005 18:12:40 GMT -6
There is a scientific belief that I am an adult male.
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Post by Exildo Wonsetler Briggs III on Oct 3, 2005 18:52:55 GMT -6
There is a scientific belief that I am an adult male. Don't fuckin' flatter yourself, shithead!  |
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Post by Exildo Wonsetler Briggs III on Oct 3, 2005 18:55:46 GMT -6
"It is not what you don't know that will get you in trouble. It is what you know, that is so VERY WRONG!" Words to our wise Lib'ruls tryin' to rewrite history! .............Bob |
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Post by BBoxymoronbob on Oct 3, 2005 19:32:58 GMT -6
There is a scientific belief that I am an adult male. Don't fuckin' flatter yourself, shithead! A profound example of Oxymoronica at it's best. |
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Oct 4, 2005 4:35:02 GMT -6
Never use a long word when a diminutive one will suffice. - William Safire
Eschew obfuscation- William Safire
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Oct 5, 2005 3:23:51 GMT -6
Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. - Margaret Mead
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Post by Christinko on Oct 5, 2005 7:52:45 GMT -6
Avoid cliches like the plague. (forgot who said it...)
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Oct 5, 2005 8:15:05 GMT -6
Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague - William Safire (again)
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Post by Christinko on Oct 5, 2005 13:14:28 GMT -6
we are sounding like deja vu all over again....
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Post by Christinko on Oct 5, 2005 13:51:15 GMT -6
and I can't help but to add this nonsequitor....
When linguists do stripteases, do you suppose all they wear are dipthongs?
(not my original thought, but couldn't tell you the author offhand).
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Post by jdmcowan on Oct 5, 2005 22:17:56 GMT -6
When linguists do stripteases, do you suppose all they wear are dipthongs? I've been feeling left out since I haven't been able to catch anyones grammatic/spelling mistakes. Nor have I been able to prove my geekiness. I may now be able to do both with one post! Ms. Teacher... The word is diphthong! Jeremy P.S. OK, so that wasn't geeky enough? You're right, I've been holding out on you. I speak Klingon! J.C. |
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Oct 6, 2005 5:26:14 GMT -6
I love this one, because I can hear the voice saying it...
My mom never saw the irony in calling me a sonofabitch - Jack Nicholson
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Post by Hazelita on Oct 6, 2005 5:51:54 GMT -6
Good one, Gordon! I could hear the voice, too. |
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Post by Christinko on Oct 6, 2005 8:58:30 GMT -6
Bravo, Jeremy! I exalt thee for your typo catch!
And since your initials are JC and so are our fearless leader's (JC)...and you both speak Klingon....do we have more twins separated at birth like Sunlovers and BB?
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Post by jdmcowan on Oct 6, 2005 10:19:04 GMT -6
And since your initials are JC and so are our fearless leader's (JC)...and you both speak Klingon....do we have more twins separated at birth like Sunlovers and BB? When we met at the last party I felt that we were very compatible. We had some great conversations and did find a number of things in common. Now that you've put this thought in my head, the story of my birth seems very strange. My parents lived in Atlanta and my father had a two month training seminar in Chicago, so they moved up here temporarily and I was born up here. Shortly after my birth, they moved back to Atlanta. Very suspicious! Jake, where were you born and where did your parents live at the time? Jeremy |
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Post by Chicago Jake on Oct 6, 2005 12:12:46 GMT -6
They abandoned you in Chicago when you were two months old? You must have grown up on the mean streets!
I was born in Chicago too, but in 1958. My parents and I lived in a nearby suburb called Riverside. As soon as I discovered (to my horror) that I was living in a suburb, I moved back into the City.
Alas, my Klingon is very rudimentary. Almost as bad as my Spanish!.....Jake (Qapla'!)
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Post by jdmcowan on Oct 6, 2005 12:23:00 GMT -6
I was born in Chicago too, but in 1958. Oh yeah. I forgot to check and see when you were born. I didn't realize that you were 11 years older than me. I guess that'd make it pretty tough for us to be twins then. Wait! Perhaps when they realized that you were a twin, they froze the embryo only to be re-implanted elsewhere 11 years later. Naw! The more I think about it, the more impossible it is. I don't think they even had the technology to do what I just suggested in 58? Plus, I don't think there can be much doubt that you are Italian and I am Scottish. Maybe we have such similar interests, because we just know what the finer things in life are! Jeremy |
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Oct 6, 2005 13:06:51 GMT -6
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Post by Chicago Jake on Oct 6, 2005 13:45:59 GMT -6
Okay, two questions:
1. BB, how do you find all this shit? Do you have some special search engine, maybe called POO-gle?
2. How did I ever mistake all those fake BB posts for the real thing? They were never this pungent.
......Jake
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Post by Christinko on Oct 6, 2005 13:48:23 GMT -6
Jake--Riverside?! Good god, I grew up there (family homestead is still operational)...oh yeah, now I remember, you had the good sense to leave before I moved in in 1968, so our strollers never crossed and we did no high-fiving goo-goos. We'll have to leave those activities for when we're in the nursing home and our strollers have become walkers, but at least our vocabularly might revert to goo-goo.
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Post by Liz of Chris & Liz on Oct 6, 2005 14:14:49 GMT -6
Jake--.... We'll have to leave those activities for when we're in the nursing home and our strollers have become walkers, but at least our vocabularly might revert to goo-goo. And your panties will contain poo-poo! |
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Post by jdmcowan on Oct 6, 2005 14:36:26 GMT -6
Here's one of my favorites to say...
Generalizations are ALWAYS false and can NEVER be trusted.
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Oct 6, 2005 14:39:25 GMT -6
1. BB, how do you find all this shit? Do you have some special search engine, maybe called POO-gle? Actually, I prefer Ya-poo Search! 2. How did I ever mistake all those fake BB posts for the real thing? Simple: you're far too trusting of your fellow Hedonites. As you can see, I put my time off to good use. Something of a working vacation, you might say. |
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Post by Chicago Jake on Oct 6, 2005 14:40:44 GMT -6
But, Jeremy, there are ALWAYS exceptions to EVERY rule!!
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Oct 7, 2005 5:18:58 GMT -6
An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one. - George Mikes
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Oct 10, 2005 4:30:28 GMT -6
Keeping both sides of the aisle agitated here...
Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said "Thank God, I'm still alive". But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again. - Sen. Barbara Boxer
I have opinions of my own- strong opinions- but I dont always agree with them. - Pres. George H. W. Bush
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