Some listeners are madly in love with oxymorons, and they continue to share their favorites. One listener has a great T-shirt that reads “An oxymoron a day keeps reality away.” Another says his favorite oxymoron is “Dodge Ram.” This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Listeners’ Oxymorons”
A while back we were talking about oxymorons,
those fabulous expressions that derive their name from the Greek for pointedly foolish.
And we got a great list of them from Angela DeStefanis,
who also notes that she has a favorite T-shirt that her mother, the English teacher, gave her.
It reads, an oxymoron a day keeps reality away.
I want one of those.
And then her list of oxymorons of some of her favorites include death benefits and standard deviation and legal brief.
I like those.
We also heard from Ken Clark, who called us with his favorite oxymoron, which is Dodge Ram.
I like that. Dodge Ram. Think about it.
You will now.
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