# Oxymoron of the Millennium

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxymoron-of-the-millennium/4289>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 28, 1999, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxymoron-of-the-millennium/4289 "1999-10-28T21:38:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**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/4289/1 "1999-10-28T21:38:00Z")

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I’d like to elicit Straight Dopers’ choices for Oxymoron of the Millennium.

Here’s my entry: compassionate conservative.

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**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/4289/2 "1999-10-28T21:43:00Z")

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Balanced Budget

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JB  
Lex Non Favet Delictorum Votis

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**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/4289/3 "1999-10-28T21:51:00Z")

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Straight Dope

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Hell is Other People.

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**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/4289/4 "1999-10-28T22:05:00Z")

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Millenium - 1999.

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Nothing I write about any person or group should be applied to a larger group.

- Boris Badenov

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**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/4289/5 "1999-10-28T22:13:00Z")

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independent-thinking liberal

must-see tv

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**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/4289/6 "1999-10-28T22:37:00Z")

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MPSIMS topic.