Brain Droppings

June, 1997

Some Favorite Oxymoronsassistant supervisornew traditionoriginal copyplastic glassuninvited guesthighly depressedlive recordingauthentic reproductionpartial cease-firelimited lifetime guaranteeelevated subwaydry laketrue replicaforward lateralstandard optionsUnnecessary WordsThere is a tendency these days to complicate speech by adding unnecessary words. The following phrases contain at least one word too many:emergency situationprison settingrisk factorshower activitypeace processcrisis situati...