Amtrak schedule

Discuss this oxymoron in the comments below.

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9 Responses to "Amtrak schedule"

Dennisthetiger says:

June 30, 2010 at 1:08 pm

Not really. There are schedules that Amtrak publishes. Now, whether they can get the trains to hold to it…that's another story, but it doesn't make this an oxymoron.
Dennisthetiger says:

June 30, 2010 at 6:08 pm

Not really. There are schedules that Amtrak publishes. Now, whether they can get the trains to hold to it…that's another story, but it doesn't make this an oxymoron.
Scottys_2012 says:

December 8, 2010 at 10:14 pm

Not an oxymoron
2014StreetER says:

March 15, 2011 at 4:15 pm

an oxymoron is two words in a sentence that mean the opposite on each other like

icy hot, pretty ugly, and clean dirt
tarik says:

October 27, 2011 at 1:15 pm

anyone who says this isn’t an oxymoron obviously has not actually used amtrak
Bernard bourdeau says:

June 3, 2012 at 3:54 pm

funny, funny
notamoron says:

October 22, 2012 at 6:47 am

not a fucking oxymoron
Joshua Benjamin says:

April 3, 2013 at 3:40 pm

This isn’t an oxymoron like the others, but from experience taking Amtrak everyday, it has been true more than a few times (i.e., they are late far more than they should be).
Morgan Davis says:

February 8, 2014 at 5:48 am

I get it as a joke, but this is not an oxymoron anymore than stretching a tube sock over your head makes it a hat. And that’s about how far you have to stretch the meaning of Oxymoron to make it fit. An Oxymoron is a contradcition in terms, and “Amtrak Schedule” is not a contradiction in terms, its a noun, or an Adjective and a Noun, if you prefer. HAVING a Schedule and keeping to it are two different things.Now, if it were a phrase like “Dependable Amtrak”, then MAYBE it would qualify, although semantics would still argue that “Amtrak” does not literally mean “undependable” since it actually is a portmanteau of America+track, but its the closest thing you’ll get to being an Oxymoron.

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