An Ode to Redundancy
Posted by: Ralph van den Berg (29 March, 2008)
I would like to start by beginning with an opening introduction. There's something you might notice about the previous sentence: I am using more words than I really need to. I have thought up a collection of these kinds of redundancies. Some are ridiculous, some need a bit of extra thought, and I'm sure there are many contributions you can make to this list.
Verbal words of the mouth, remembering memories from the past, razor-sharp shaving utensils, a container with things in it, insanely retarded, peace-loving anti-war protesters, a ring-shaped donut, infinitely uncountable, repeatedly saying the same thing again over and over, an odorous smell, owning your possessions that belong to you, descending down, inaudible silence, a sentence filled with words, dispensable trash that you don't really care about anymore, ice melts back to a wet liquid form of water, motorized vehicle of transport, a knife-like cutting tool, paying customers, short abbreviated versions of large words, defining the word "definition", fatally dead, flawlessly perfect without mistakes, three-edged triangles...
I could go on, but why don't you come up with some?
Verbal words of the mouth, remembering memories from the past, razor-sharp shaving utensils, a container with things in it, insanely retarded, peace-loving anti-war protesters, a ring-shaped donut, infinitely uncountable, repeatedly saying the same thing again over and over, an odorous smell, owning your possessions that belong to you, descending down, inaudible silence, a sentence filled with words, dispensable trash that you don't really care about anymore, ice melts back to a wet liquid form of water, motorized vehicle of transport, a knife-like cutting tool, paying customers, short abbreviated versions of large words, defining the word "definition", fatally dead, flawlessly perfect without mistakes, three-edged triangles...
I could go on, but why don't you come up with some?
Comment by Ken
Posted on 2 April, 2008"Paying Customers"? Can't you have "Non-Paying Customers"? :P Another list of Oxymorons would go down very well.... I'd come up with some here, but the comment textbox seems too small!
Comment by Ralph van den Berg
Posted on 2 April, 2008Yes, about "Paying Customers"... That's a thinker-thru. It really depends on what you define as customer. In this case I've decided a customer to be someone who's buying a product or service-- therefore he or she is paying you. In that sense, paying customer... come on, it's not so hard to imagine. Anyway, the oxymorons is something I want to do aswel, but why don't you (ken) start those. We have yet to see a Rambling from you!!!
Comment by Vronnie
Posted on 2 April, 2008paying customers is indeed a great one.....
Comment by Vronnie
Posted on 3 April, 2008inexplicable mystery
Comment by Ralph van den Berg
Posted on 3 April, 2008Do you think "Deafening Silence" is better placed here or in the Top Oxymorons?
Comment by Ralph van den Berg
Posted on 6 May, 2008How about "The smelly part of the fart"?
< Please log in or register to post comments >
Next Rambling »
Top Oxymorons« Previous Rambling
Get Rich Quick!Related Ramblings
- ABC's for Smart Kidsposted by Ralph van den Berg
on 11 Aug, 2008 - Top Oxymoronsposted by Ken
on 2 Apr, 2008 - Broken Languagesposted by Darryl Crist
on 3 Jan, 2008
Recent Activity
4 May, 2017: Aziz Das
commented on Hitting the Right Notes
"Are you looking for something like how to increase spotify follower. Spotify followers is now one of the biggest way to increase any other kind of follower[...]"
commented on Hitting the Right Notes
"Are you looking for something like how to increase spotify follower. Spotify followers is now one of the biggest way to increase any other kind of follower[...]"
4 May, 2017: Aziz Das
commented on Hitting the Right Notes
"Are you looking for something like how to increase spotify follower. Spotify followers is now one of the biggest way to increase any other kind of follower[...]"
commented on Hitting the Right Notes
"Are you looking for something like how to increase spotify follower. Spotify followers is now one of the biggest way to increase any other kind of follower[...]"
26 Apr, 2017: Aziz Das
commented on Hitting the Right Notes
"Are you looking for one of the best app rating website for increasing your app reviews & rating than i will recommend you that https://www.behance.net/port[...]"
commented on Hitting the Right Notes
"Are you looking for one of the best app rating website for increasing your app reviews & rating than i will recommend you that https://www.behance.net/port[...]"
18 Apr, 2017: Aziz Das
commented on Hitting the Right Notes
"Now music is a great opportunity to everyone because today every man listen any type of music for spend funny time and also I have founded that there are m[...]"
commented on Hitting the Right Notes
"Now music is a great opportunity to everyone because today every man listen any type of music for spend funny time and also I have founded that there are m[...]"
30 Mar, 2017: Aziz Das
commented on Hitting the Right Notes
"Now million of people are using android a smart phone and in order to demand to everyone many android developer want to know about how to increase android [...]"
commented on Hitting the Right Notes
"Now million of people are using android a smart phone and in order to demand to everyone many android developer want to know about how to increase android [...]"
External Links
RalphvandenBerg.com [version.3]
Copyright © 2008 - 2024
Website by Ralph van den Berg
All rights reserved
Sitemap
contact me
Copyright © 2008 - 2024
Website by Ralph van den Berg
All rights reserved
Sitemap
contact me