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In his treatise on words and expressions derived from firearms [XV,1], Richard Lederer was often correct in his selection of words but was often wrong as to their meanings and derivations.
[As many VERBATIM readers have had the pleasure of discovering, Colonial American English , by Richard M. Lederer, Jr. (VERBATIM, 1985), contains a fascinating collection of words and phrases characteristic of the English used in the Colonies (and later) during the period from 1608 till 1783.
Lederer understood the expression go off half cocked to mean `futile gesture' because the flintlock is unlikely to spark.
Mr. Lederer's unflagging interest in early American culture, his voracious reading of the books, papers, and documents of the time, and his penchant for collecting Americanisms and turning some useful, entertaining, and interesting comments about them have continued unabated.
Anent earlier items by Timothy Hayes [XI, 4] and by Richard Lederer [XII, 4] on the oxymoron , I submit some oxymora found in local advertising: