Post #9166 by PolynesianPop on Wed, Sep 25, 2002 7:53 AM

The "Dry" in "Dry Cleaning" is in reference to the absence of water in the process. In it's place a number of different LIQUID toxic chemicals are used.

Actually, the oxymoron I was referring to was the complete term "dry cleaning fluid" because I didn't know that DRY fluid existed!