from the New Edition of the OXYPOLISAURUS
the OXYPOLISAURUS
by bjsvol on July 18, 2011
from the New Edition of the OXYPOLISAURUS
by Dr. Barry J. Schwartz
“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.”
“In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible.”
–George Orwell
The term OXYPOLISAURUS is an amalgam of three elements: Oxymoron, Politics, and Thesaurus. I apologize for introducing a rickety term like this, but some of our old words and phrases are in very poor condition owing to public misuse. Once we’ve trimmed down the excess verbiage obscuring the view, the OXYPOLOSAURUS will be dismantled and put back into storage.
Now, consider the terms Oxymoron, Politics, and (more…)
