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[Alan Baragona]

Sunday's Doonesbury has a fine example of these blended cliches, or whatever
they're going to be called, among a catalogue of Bushisms.

"Free societies will be allies against these hateful few who have no
conscience, who kill at the whim of a hat." (Sept. 17, 2004)

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>>>>> pmcgraw at LINFIELD.EDU 06/08/05 09:12AM
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>>>>From an internal memo here at Linfield:
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>> "Because they can't review the credentials of the successful hire,
> they
>> are
>> putting a lot of eggs on the quality of the consultant."
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>> This isn't a blend of two idioms, like "horse of a different feather"
> (a
>> usage beloved of the mother of a childhood friend of mine).  Rather,
> it's
>> an incomplete one, which renders it comical.
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>> Is there a technical term for this, does anybody know?
>>
>> Peter M.
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>> Peter A. McGraw       Linfield College        McMinnville, Oregon
>> ******************* pmcgraw at linfield.edu ************************
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>> I have a colleague who specializes in these blends.  She doesn't even
> try,
>> she just does it. I think it's so cool that I have tried to master
> this
>> art, but I am convinced it's a gift.  I come up with stupid things
> like
>> "Don't cross your chickens 'til your bridges have hatched." But she's
>> brilliant.
>> Just this morning, she said "Song and pony show." This just flows.
>> My favorite?: "This is so easy, it's like shooting babies in a
> barrel."
>>
>> Fritz J
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