Thursday, April 4, 2013

Concerning the clumsiness of oafs

Occasionaly I think about Jeff, a guy in my college dorm who earned the nickname "Clumsy Oaf" for the very reason you think of when you hear the term.

Dictionaries tell us that an oaf is a clumsy, stupid person. So, isn't "clumsy oaf" a redundancy?


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