The usual AnSaxNet response to anachronism is to scoff at it, not to compete as to who is the most offended. From Wordnik.com. [I Can't Leave You People Alone for Even a Minute, Can I?] Reference
The biggest anachronism is misunderstanding of the phrase “right-wing.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Timothy McVeigh Was No Libertarian: The Fallacy of Conflating Two Very Different Types of “Anti-Government” Movements] Reference
Whether or not these people found solace in his pledge to protect them from anachronism is unknown to me. From Wordnik.com. [The City of Big Shoulders] Reference
You might think that the anachronism is a mistake. From Wordnik.com. [Videogames in other Media Ep. 2] Reference
How many of you need to look up "anachronism" in the dictionary?. From Wordnik.com. [Question: What Are Your Favorite Movies Featuring Anachronistic Characters? | /Film] Reference
The country's media increasingly describe Cyprus as an "anachronism" and a "liability.". From Wordnik.com. [Deadline On Cyprus] Reference
If there is an "anachronism" in this part of the world, it's Gaza. From Wordnik.com. [City Journal] Reference
(12 comments) - (Post a new comment) can you say 'anachronism'? redbird. From Wordnik.com. [mrissa: Please. Please please please. Stop. Please?] Reference
The only anachronism, which is perhaps forgivable, is Stanwyck’s sweater-wearing scene. From Wordnik.com. [Double Indemnity (1944)] Reference
Fashion in her high-heeled boots has screamed, and the dreadful word 'anachronism' has been used. From Wordnik.com. [Miscellanies] Reference
It's funny how this thing is supposed to be some kind of anachronism, with a CD player built into a phonograph case. From Wordnik.com. [OhGizmo!] Reference
The university's student association backed Dr Richardson, describing the club's membership policy as an "anachronism". From Wordnik.com. Reference
"It's an anachronism I threw in for dramatic effect," I say. From Wordnik.com. [At the Viking Poetry Slam] Reference
A 23-year-old student declared Castro to be "an anachronism.". From Wordnik.com. [Retire The Revolutionary Myth] Reference
But in national politics Jeffords was becoming an anachronism. From Wordnik.com. [The Odyssey Of 'Jeezum Jim'] Reference
Still, Paul is not only a cheerful anachronism but a useful one. From Wordnik.com. [A Cheerful Anachronism] Reference
But the keen-eyed Mr. Leech would be guilty of no such anachronism. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
It wasn't his crew cut that made him seem like a walking anachronism. From Wordnik.com. [The Light Went On] Reference
CONAN: The show uses - well, as you could hear, obviously anachronism. From Wordnik.com. ['Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson' Rocks Broadway] Reference
The notion of three powerful U.S. automakers is already an anachronism. From Wordnik.com. [And Then There Was One] Reference
This may make me seem like some kind of nut, or at least an anachronism. From Wordnik.com. [30 years without a credit card] Reference
Frank's a bit of an anachronism, a jazz-loving leftover from another generation. From Wordnik.com. [Go Ahead, Take My Prez] Reference
And even Halle Berry in a bikini can't rescue the Bond Girl from terminal anachronism. From Wordnik.com. [Goodbye, Mr. Bond. (Can't He Take A Hint?)] Reference
There, with that present sober air of yours, you'd pass anywhere for such an anachronism. From Wordnik.com. [The Darrow Enigma] Reference
The dictatorship that reigned for 36 years after the Spanish Civil War was an anachronism. From Wordnik.com. [The Year Of Spain] Reference
Or next to nothing about what civics classes (forgive the anachronism) told us really matters. From Wordnik.com. [When It’s Head Versus Heart, The Heart Wins] Reference
Let C-Span, CNN and public television (if that anachronism still exists) cover the conventions. From Wordnik.com. [Conventional Journalism] Reference
TOM MOON: In a world of ringtones and single-song downloads, the album seems like an anachronism. From Wordnik.com. [Grammy Preview: Album Of The Year] Reference
The Appropriations Committee was an anachronism, she said, with "staffers coming out of their ears.". From Wordnik.com. [Housebroken] Reference
Nearly all countries reject the United States 'right to bear arms as a quirky and dangerous anachronism. From Wordnik.com. [Dream On, America] Reference
In the midst of contradictions, people cling to traditions "in their bubble of anachronism," says Safadi. From Wordnik.com. [Battleground of Ideas] Reference
In today's world, a handmade suit — expensive to buy, labor-intensive to build — should be an anachronism. From Wordnik.com. [Suits for All Seasons] Reference
Yes, you can learn that a reference in Mad Men to Fielding beer is an anachronism; the brand didn't exist in 1962. From Wordnik.com. [Attack!] Reference
The economic debate is essentially an anachronism, the latest progeny of the "trickle-down" principles of Reaganomics. From Wordnik.com. [Bradford Kane: Bush Tax Cuts: Would They Be the End of a Tax Holiday or the Start of a Tax Hike?] Reference
The American Constitution enshrines some of the noblest values of Western democracy, yet in part it is an anachronism. From Wordnik.com. [Kids Who Kill] Reference
Winegard believes more consumers would embrace antennas if they only knew high-def can be delivered via the anachronism. From Wordnik.com. [Prick Up Your Rabbit Ears] Reference
The false dichotomy between growth and the environment is an anachronism born from the failures of conservative thought. From Wordnik.com. [Jeff Schweitzer: The Mocha Cappuccino Party] Reference
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