A Rare Linguistic Beast
In a feat of ipsiflagellant Narcissism that shouldn’t be possible in only four words, the seemingly innocent phrase “free gift with purchase” manages both to restate itself unnecessarily and to contradict itself. Which makes it a redundant oxymoron. The species remains on the endangered list, but shows signs of vitality that give preservationists reason to hope for an eventual recovery.
April 26th, 2009 at 9:27 am
There are 143,000 results for “free gift with purchase” on google.
June 13th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Ha! Rare but popular.
July 17th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
That’s awesome.