# Oxymoron of the Millennium **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 28, 1999, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxymoron-of-the-millennium/11032 "1999-10-28T21:38:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gravitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/51bf81/32.png) [@gravitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitas)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxymoron-of-the-millennium/11032/1 "1999-10-28T21:38:00Z")
I’d like to elicit Straight Dopers’ choices for Oxymoron of the Millennium. Here’s my entry: compassionate conservative. ---
**Author:** ![JBENZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b77776/32.png) [@JBENZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBENZ)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxymoron-of-the-millennium/11032/2 "1999-10-28T21:43:00Z")
Balanced Budget * * * JB Lex Non Favet Delictorum Votis ---
**Author:** ![Sake\_Samurai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sake\_Samurai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sake_Samurai)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxymoron-of-the-millennium/11032/3 "1999-10-28T21:51:00Z")
Straight Dope * * * Hell is Other People. ---
**Author:** ![Boris\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@Boris\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boris_B)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxymoron-of-the-millennium/11032/4 "1999-10-28T22:05:00Z")
Millenium - 1999. * * * Nothing I write about any person or group should be applied to a larger group. - Boris Badenov ---
**Author:** ![putrid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@putrid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/putrid)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxymoron-of-the-millennium/11032/5 "1999-10-28T22:13:00Z")
independent-thinking liberal must-see tv ---
**Author:** ![Nickrz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@Nickrz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nickrz)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxymoron-of-the-millennium/11032/6 "1999-10-28T22:37:00Z")
MPSIMS topic. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxymoron-of-the-millennium/11032/7 "1999-10-28T22:59:00Z")
## Marketing Intelligence. Coldfire * * * “You know how complex women are” - Neil Peart, Rush (1993) ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxymoron-of-the-millennium/11032/8 "1999-10-28T23:00:00Z")
Creationist Scientist. Hey. _Somebody_ had to go there. * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxymoron-of-the-millennium/11032/9 "1999-10-28T23:21:00Z")
Alternative (as applied to music) Okay, the label made sense at one time. It was an alternative to popular music. But now, Alternative _is_ Pop…huh? ---
**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxymoron-of-the-millennium/11032/10 "1999-10-28T23:51:00Z")
Microsoft Works ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxymoron-of-the-millennium/11032/11 "1999-10-29T02:18:00Z")
Oh that was good, pluto! LMAO! * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxymoron-of-the-millennium/11032/12 "1999-10-29T02:28:00Z")
In my case: happily married. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxymoron-of-the-millennium/11032/13 "1999-10-29T02:50:00Z")
German Humor ---
**Author:** ![PurpleCrackwhore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@PurpleCrackwhore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleCrackwhore)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxymoron-of-the-millennium/11032/14 "1999-10-29T03:01:00Z")
I vote for Pluto’s!! LMAO it’s a perfect one * * * “Only when he no longer knows what he is doing, does the painter do good things.” --Edgar Degas ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxymoron-of-the-millennium/11032/15 "1999-10-29T10:31:00Z")
Resident alien. * * * **Dopeler effect:** The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. ---
**Author:** ![JBENZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b77776/32.png) [@JBENZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBENZ)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 1999, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxymoron-of-the-millennium/11032/16 "1999-10-30T00:28:00Z")
Canned Seafood Chili A Triple! (and the crowd roars!) * * * JB Lex Non Favet Delictorum Votis ---
**Author:** ![Oblio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c4cdca/32.png) [@Oblio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oblio)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 1999, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxymoron-of-the-millennium/11032/17 "1999-10-30T00:52:00Z")
Govmint Worker While : :Ducking rocks from working feds:: Oblio appologizes with … Contractor Support ---
**Author:** ![Oblio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c4cdca/32.png) [@Oblio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oblio)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 1999, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxymoron-of-the-millennium/11032/18 "1999-10-30T00:53:00Z")
Ooops :: Ducking … :: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 1999, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxymoron-of-the-millennium/11032/19 "1999-10-30T20:28:00Z")
United Nations * * * YO-HO, ME HEARTIES! ALL HANDS ON DECK FOR THE MUSICAL BATTLE AT SEA! ---
**Author:** ![Yankee\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7ea924/32.png) [@Yankee\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankee_Blue)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 1999, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxymoron-of-the-millennium/11032/20 "1999-10-30T20:32:00Z")
Peace keeping Forces * * * ~tomorrow is promised to no one~ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxymoron-of-the-millennium/11032.md?page=2)