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# I had to look that word up...
tautologies
Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
An instance of such repetition.
Logic. An empty or vacuous statement composed of simpler statements in a fashion that makes it logically true whether the simpler statements are factually true or false; for example, the statement Either it will rain tomorrow or it will not rain tomorrow.

I'm off to find some beer !
(, Sat 26 Oct 2002, 23:04, archived)
# i think the word 'pleonasm'
is better suited to the first sense - it's purpose built after all. the word 'tautology', in my humble opinion, ought to be kept for logical tautologies. i think it gets confusing otherwise.

here ends my suggested improvement to the english language #93758. thank you.
(, Sat 26 Oct 2002, 23:11, archived)
# cough..
Ok, I meant oxymoron. But the beer types faster than I can
(, Sat 26 Oct 2002, 23:13, archived)
# pleonasm - Word of the day !
That was Dictionary.com's "Word of the day" on Tuesday January 8, 2002 (are you on the voting panel?) click here.
(, Sat 26 Oct 2002, 23:20, archived)
# not
yet!
(, Sat 26 Oct 2002, 23:44, archived)
# See...
B3ta is educational as well!
(, Sat 26 Oct 2002, 23:12, archived)