December 27, 200916 yr From the book "Common Errors in English Usage:" http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/firstannual.html
April 27, 201115 yr This one occurred to me while watching a recent episode of "Deadliest Catch." Crab fishing.
April 28, 201115 yr The old stand-bys; giant shrimp and (from the 1960s anit-war movement) military intelligence.
April 28, 201115 yr I had a college class called Business Ethics, I think that is an oxymoron :lol: Did half of the class call it Bizzzzinessss Etthhhics?
April 28, 201115 yr Did half of the class call it Bizzzzinessss Etthhhics? Even if Grizzly or 99% of the other people on this site don't get that joke, just remember, I still appreciate it.
April 29, 201115 yr George Carlin comes to mind with several of those. Some dim bulbs that work at Occidental Petroleum come to mind.
April 29, 201115 yr Even if Grizzly or 99% of the other people on this site don't get that joke, just remember, I still appreciate it. Oh trust me, that got a solid chuckle out of me...out loud and everything. I had a business marketing class in college that I always got crazy looks in because I 9 times out of 10 I called it "bizzzzinessss maaarketing".
April 29, 201115 yr This one occurred to me while watching a recent episode of "Deadliest Catch." Crab fishing. I had the same thing occur to me when I was watching "Swamp People" on the History channel. They almost all call it "gator fishing" or "fishing for gators". Alligators are air-breathing reptiles. They even shoot them to kill them. Why not call it gator hunting?
January 23, 201412 yr My 8th grader just asked me, "What's an oxymoron?" I knew I would find a thread on oxymorons. BGP did not disappoint.
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