'Oxymoron'
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pun, puns, word play, play on words, linguistic, linguistics, language, languages, language joke, oxymoron, oxen, ox, cow, cows, cattle, animal, animals, farm, farming, moron, morons, explanation, explanatory, explanatory joke, stupidity, stupid, idiot, idiocy"A billion is a thousand million? Why wasn't I informed of this?"
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money, language, communication, incompetence, billion, billions, billionaire, billionaires, millionaire, millionaires, bad at math, math problem, math problems, dollar, dollars, rich people, idle rich, uninformed, lack of information, reliant, rely, relies, relying, underling, underlings, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, corporate hierarchy, corporate hierarchies, in the loop, out of the loop, mankoff"Say what's on your mind, Harris - the language of dance has always eluded me."
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dance, theater, communication, language, meetings, hierarchy, executives, business, interpretive dance, interpretive dances, communication, communication breakdown, communication breakdowns, dance, dances, dancing, dancer, dancers, language of dance, charade, charades, game of charades, mankoff"Certainly. A party of four at seven-thirty in the name of Dr. Jennings. May I ask whether that is an actual medical degree or a Ph.D.?"
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restaurant, restaurants, dining out, eating out, eating, dining, reserving, reservation, reservations, dinner, waiter, waiters, server, servers, host, hosts, booking, name, names, language, languages, english, grammar, honorific, honorifics, title, titles, prefix, prefixes, dr, dr., doctor, doctors, medical, medicine, education, degree, degrees, postgraduate, postgraduates, phd, ph.d., postgraduate doctoral degree, customer service, service, rude, bad manners"Polly want to abandon speaking of herself in the third person."
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writer, writers, novel, novella, novels, novel writing, poem, poet, poetry, poets, poetic, literature, literary, word play, play on words, ironic, irony, author, authors, authored, book, books, book lover, writing, should be writing, you should be writing, manuscript, artistic, artist, artists, art, arts, culture, cultured, writer's block, bookworm, book worm, bookworms, book worms, novel, novels, library, librarians, librarian, literature, literary, lit, lit major, read, reading, avid reader, readers, reader, novel, novels, novelist, novelists, linguistic, linguistics, language, speech, speak, speaking, parrot, parrots, third person, 3rd, 3rd person, pov, point of view, polly wants a"Qu'est-ce que c'est?"Title: FRENCH FOR BANKERS.
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french, learning french, french language, language, languages, foreign language, foreign languages, learning a foreign language, language class, languages classes, language lesson, language lessons, french class, french classes, french lesson, french lessons, french teacher, french teachers, education, teacher, teachers, lesson, lesson, class, classes, classroom, classrooms, qu'est-ce que c'est, bank, banks, baking, banker, bankers, money, argent, l'argent, vocabulary, international, what is this, international trade, international banking"O.K., on my signal we're going to shift from pre-millennial to post-millennial thinking."
"Granddad was the very first person ever to say 'Oh, wow!' "
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modern life, modern times, modern attitudes, modern trends, language, evolution of language, slang, wow, exclaim, exclamation, grandad, grandads, granddad, granddads, grandparent, grandparents, when i was a boy, grandchild, grandkid, grandkids, vernacular, lingo, jargon, oh wow, trend, trends, following trends, trend setter, trend setters, influencer, influencers, social influencer, social influencers"Relax, honey - change is good."
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death, grim reaper, black humor, language, clichés, dark humor, dark humour, die, dies, dying, transition, transitions, change, changes, changing, positive change, positive changes, afterlife, afterlives, good change, good changes, married couple, married couples, old married couple, old married couples, mankoff"Learned counsel should use shorter words. Learned counsel is forgetting that this Court was not an 'A' student."
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court, courts, courtroom, courtrooms, trial, trials, legal system, justice system, law, laws, legal, judge, judges, lawyer, lawyers, counselor, counselors, counsellors, counsellors, attorney, attorneys, solicitor, solicitors, barrister, barristers, legal counsel, education, schooling, literacy, literate, illiterate, illiteracy, student, students, bad student, bad students, studying, big words, intelligence, language, vocab, vocabulary, learned, forgetting, forgot, unprofessional, unqualified"We'll start out by speaking in simple declarative sentences."
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language, languages, linguistic, linguistics, education, educate, educating, teach, teaching, history, historic, historical, learn, learning, speak, speaking, oral history, stone age, stone ages, iron age, iron ages, neanderthal, neanderthals, homo erectus, homo sapien, homo sapiens, caveman, cavemen, cave man, cave men, cave-man, cave-men, prehistory, prehistoric, cave, caves, declarative, simple, simplicity, complicate, complicated, complex, progress, progression, progressions, progressive"Midnight already? Zounds! My wife will heap contumely upon my head!"
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ye olde pub, ye olde bar, ye olde, language, linguist, linguists, linguistic change, linguistic changes, speech, speeches, archaic, late, get home late, getting home late, wife, wives, pub, pubs, bar, bars, bartender, bartenders, bartending, late for dinner, tardy, tardiness, run late, runs late, running late, insult, insults, insulting, yell, yells, yelling, shout, shouts, shouting, in trouble, getting in trouble"I, too, want to preserve the environment, just as it is: acid rain, holes in the ozone layer, lots of crap in the air."
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environment, environmental issues, preserve, preserving, preservation, pollute, pollution, polluting, pollutes, pollutants, ecology, save the planet, global warming, climate change, environmental, acid rain, acidic rain, atmosphere, ozone layer, ozone layers, ozone-layer, party, conversation, conversations, missing the point, irritate, language, perspective, sarcastic, sarcasm, demeaning, condescending, businessman, business, businesses, big business, interest, interests"Let's do it, let's fall in love."
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language, entertainment, music, lyrics, relationships, modern love, modern times, modern life, modern living, fall in love, falls in love, falling in love, business decision, business decisions, passionless, calculated, calculated decision, calculated decisions, business culture, businessman, businessmen, careerist, careerists, proposal, proposals, unromantic, mankoff"I love you anyway, too."
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communication, communicate, communicating, communicated, communicates, talking, talk, talks, argue, arguing, argument, arguments, language, romance, romantic, married, married life, old married couple, couple, couples, angry, anger, angered, dredging, dredged, young love, trouble, troubled, problem, problems, wit, witty, response, acting, acting skill, marriage counselling, counselling, counselors, marriage counselors, marriage counselorLaw 'N' Order
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court, courthouse, judicial system, judicial branch, government, law, laws, law and order, informal speech, language, informal, informal language, courts, crime, crimes, criminal, criminals, lawyer, lawyers, trial, trials, justice, jury duty, jury, judge, judges, courtroom, courtrooms, history, historian, historians, law student, law students, law school"Compost? I say it's manure, and I say the hell with it!"
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vegetable, vegetables, veggies, lettuce, head of lettuce, cabbage, farm, farms, farmer, farmers, farming, agriculture, crop, crops, growing crops, garden, gardening, gardener, gardeners, plant, plants, growing, raising, compost, dirt, manure, fertiliser, kid, kids, child, children, young, younger, old, older, adult, adults, parent, parents, parenting, parenthood, language, word play, wordplayThe International Date Line
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relationship, relationships, relationship problems, relationship issues, intercultural dating, dating, date, dates, couple, couples, boyfriend, boyfriends, girlfriends, language, language issues, language problems, different languages, translation, translator, translators, international date line, date line, date lines, calling service, phone dating service, telephone dating service, foreign, international, man, men, phone, phones, telephone, telephones, conversation, conversations, talking, time, wordplay, word play"I can't put it into layman's language for you. I don't know any layman's language."
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layman, laymen, language, languages, pretentious, pretentiousness, elite, elites, elitist, elitists, elitism, translate, translates, translating, translation, translations, translator, translators, dumb down, dumbs down, dumbing down, education, highly educated, expert, experts, expertise, out of touch, ivory tower, ivory towersM-Day
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parachutes, parachute, parachutist, paratrooper, paratroopers, mothers day, mother's sunday, mothers sunday, parachutists, mothers, m-day, mother's day, d day, language, word play, mom, moms, mum, mums, mother, mothers, motherhood, world war ii, allies, allied forces, world war two, second word warIn A Just World
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dunce caps, schools, teachers, language, word play, education, justice, just, dunce hat, dunce hats, dunce cap, school, teacher, classroom, classrooms, schooling, punishments, discipline, punishing