From the book Armed Gunmen, True Facts and Other Ridiculous Nonsense (comments by Mental Floss.com)
• “False pretense”
If pretense is “the act of alleging falsely,” as Dictionary.com asserts, then wouldn’t a false pretense be … true?
• “Advance warning”
A warning delivered after the fact is known, I believe, as “Monday morning quarterbacking.”
• “Convicted felon”
If we’re guilty until proven innocent, there shouldn’t be too many convictionless felons running around.
• “Surviving widow”
Kallan defines it thusly: “The last woman standing in an all-widow game of Russian roulette.”
• “Fall down”
Gravity tends to make this modifier unnecessary.
• “All throughout”
More pervasive than occasionally throughout.
• “Close proximity”
As opposed to a distant proximity?
• “Sum total”
This really gets the point across … and then sum.
• “Shared dialogue”
When was the last time you heard a shared monologue?
• “Mass exodus”
When everyone leaves church at the same time? And speaking of church …
• “Holy Bible”
I’m so tired of these unholy Bibles.
3 comments:
point in time
Tauto what? Something to do with Henry Ford?
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