ox·y·mo·ron (äksəˈmôrˌän)
noun
1. a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
(e.g. Cautiously Exuberant, Cruel Kindness, Deafening Silence, Jumbo Shrimp)
[via New Latin from Greek oxumōron, from oxus sharp + mōros stupid]
noun: oxymoron; adj: oxymoronic; adv: oxymoronically
I do not
know about the “Oxy” part of the word, but I have certainly heard the “Moronic”
part!
This
morning, on my way in to the office, I heard something on the news that left me
absolutely nonplussed! The commentator was interviewing someone who described
her senator, Senator Ted Cruz (R) Texas, as an “Anti-Government senator.” God!
I wish I had been recording that! What a classic Oxymoron!
What
idiot would elect an anti-government government official? What does that even
mean? They take their pay but feel guilty about it!? What will they think of
next? Any anti-tooth dentist? An anti-health doctor?
I
am all for change where change is due – a life without change, is death. But really!?
You would send a person to do a job whose whole philosophy seems to be: “Pay me
to do a job and I will make sure that not only I don’t do that job, but I’ll
make it impossible for anyone else to do their job!”
I
have no idea how any of this makes any sense to anyone – oh wait, maybe it’s
ironic humor run amok. Maybe it is just performance art. If you see it as
pantomime, it makes perfect sense! I’d laugh if I didn’t find the concept so
damn scary!
Wherever
you are today, I hope that you have a good laugh at something.
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