I removed "jumbo shrimp" and the comments someone added because this comes down to a US vs British usage dispute. A scan of american dictionaries indicates that they deem "Shrimp" meaning "small" to be informal. A scan of British disctionaries indicates that "shrimp" meaning small is the primary usage, and the usage as a crustacean is a secondary one. Hence it IS an oxymoron to half the English speaking world, and is perfectly sensible to the other half. Rather than get into a protracted and longwinded explanation of trans-atlantic/pacific English issues, it was easier to simply remove it, as losing it doesn't hurt the article at all.
well, *I* think of 'jumbo shrimp' as faintly humorous, and I'm an American. --MichaelTinkler
(I'm American). Whenever someone tells me they're a student teacher, I ask them if they like jumbo shrimp or if they used to work for military intelligence. --justfred
Are you sure this article isn't just a long stub? --The Epopt, defender of large crustaceans?
If you don't like the article, rewrite your own damn version, that's what the 'pedia is for. Quit whining about it here. - MMGB
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