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Mon Jul-25-05 11:25 AM
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most irritating redundancy |
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For me it's "very unique." I also give honorable mention to the guy I heard on TV the other day -- he said "spherical ball."
Yours?
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Mon Jul-25-05 11:26 AM
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it's overkill.. but i like to use it anyway. ;)
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Mon Jul-25-05 11:26 AM
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2. i used to have a boss who referred to "opportunistic opportunities" |
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Mon Jul-25-05 11:27 AM
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Some of the rednecks around here say that, I think because they pronounce "pen" as "pin" and everyone wonders why they want a pin to sign a check.
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Tue Jul-26-05 01:36 PM
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when I lived in New Orleans, a lot of the natives would say "solid quarter" when referring to a quarter. More colorful than annoying.
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Tue Jul-26-05 01:48 PM
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40. Or perhaps to distinguish from when things were signed in blood, such |
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as Bush's deal with the devil.
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Mon Jul-25-05 11:34 AM
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modifying superlatives and I hate it too. Very excellent. More transparent. It's either transparent or it isn't. I know there's more but I can't think on Mondays.
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Mon Jul-25-05 11:34 AM
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5. To the guy on tv's defense, balls arent all spherical. |
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Take the football for example. But yeah I do get the point. for me it is "plus pire" which translates as more worst.
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Mon Jul-25-05 12:55 PM
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23. you're right - thanks -- and I love the addition from French |
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(is that French? :dunce:)
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Mon Jul-25-05 11:36 AM
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6. "spherical ball" isn't NECESSARILY redundant. |
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Non-spherical balls: US football, rugby ball, etc...those are ellipsoid and not spherical....
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Mon Jul-25-05 12:55 PM
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Tue Jul-26-05 09:13 PM
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Aside from a nasty migraine yesterday (thank the gods for Vicodin).
And you? Having any luck fining a good vegetarian protein source?
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Mon Jul-25-05 11:38 AM
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Mon Jul-25-05 11:39 AM
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8. Would you like another beer? |
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Mon Jul-25-05 12:57 PM
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25. Kick-ass-bob kicks ass. |
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Mon Jul-25-05 11:46 AM
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9. Department of Redundancy Department? |
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Anyone else remember the Firesign Theatre?
Papoon for President - The Guaranteed Annual Year - Not insane!
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Mon Jul-25-05 11:47 AM
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10. Dr. (insert name) , Ph.D. |
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Edited on Mon Jul-25-05 11:47 AM by datasuspect
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Mon Jul-25-05 11:47 AM
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11. "Visually inspect." n/t |
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Mon Jul-25-05 11:48 AM
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you could manually inspect something as well, hence the need for distinction.
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Mon Jul-25-05 11:53 AM
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15. If you're feeling it, are you really inspecting? I mean the word "inspect" |
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comes from the Latin spectare, or something like that, meaning "to look" or "to see."
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Mon Jul-25-05 12:16 PM
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20. I think the difference is opening something up and looking inside... |
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a Visual inspection is just a surface one.
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Thu Jul-28-05 12:16 AM
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My ex-girlfriend used to drive me crazy with that one.
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Mon Jul-25-05 11:48 AM
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Actually I use that one all the time. ;-)
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Mon Jul-25-05 11:49 AM
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14. "unloosening" his belt. |
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when people really mean loosening his belt. To unloosen would be to fasten it.
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Mon Jul-25-05 12:11 PM
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as in a wedding invite I received that said our joy will be 'most complete'. :wtf:
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Mon Jul-25-05 12:15 PM
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George Carlin has tons of them listed in his books -- this one was in reference to the airline safety speeches.
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Mon Jul-25-05 12:17 PM
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21. irritating redundancy |
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irritates the shit out of me, both times :o
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Mon Jul-25-05 12:57 PM
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26. Ah, the thread is now complete. |
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Mon Jul-25-05 12:53 PM
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22. okay, more than one has pointed out that not all balls are spherical |
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and I thank you! (In the show I was watching, the ball was spherical.)
I love your responses, folks! I'm a language freak -- and yes, grammar queen.
More!
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Mon Jul-25-05 01:13 PM
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As in "the vehicle was proceeding at a high rate of speed..." Speed is a rate, dammit.
Also: ATM Machine.
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Mon Jul-25-05 01:14 PM
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28. a.m. in the morning (or p.m. at night) |
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yep... those are the ones that REALLY bug me.
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Mon Jul-25-05 01:17 PM
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29. Deja vu all over again |
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Tue Jul-26-05 01:26 PM
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31. Oh, but that one's a classic of mis-speak! |
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One of the greatest Yogi Berra-isms!
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Tue Jul-26-05 01:35 PM
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34. Well you could have deja vu multiple times in different circumstances |
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hence, you had deja vu all over again.
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Mon Jul-25-05 01:33 PM
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John It doesn't heat hot water -- it heats cold water. And, Bertha, "very unique" is another one of my pet peeves, too. So are people who confuse "anxious" and "eager" (though that's not a redundancy). The two words are opposites.
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Tue Jul-26-05 01:27 PM
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32. My own personal opinion |
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Just how possessive can one be?
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Tue Jul-26-05 01:33 PM
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33. "Very unique" doesn't have to be redundant: |
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Within a single class of things it is but between multiple classes it isn't.
Lets say you have a cell phone that inverts the numbers (as in a mirror). That would be unique.
Lets also say you have a clock that is in the shape of my portrait. That would also be unique.
However, it seems to me that the clock in the shape of my portrait is 'very unique' as far as unique things are concerned. Neither have equals but one seems to be 'more unique' (less likely to ever have an equal perhaps).
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Tue Jul-26-05 01:42 PM
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37. by the end of the day |
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That one is so overused now and it's really beginning to annoy me.
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Tue Jul-26-05 01:45 PM
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38. In my opinion this type of thing is a tricky area and I try not to be a |
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Edited on Tue Jul-26-05 01:46 PM by MJDuncan1982
grammar nazi since the point of language (communication) is not usually lost.
The only phrases I try to avoid are those that are intrinsically redundant due to one of the words being within the definition of the other such as: unmarried bachelor.
Edit: Amazingly I believe I was borderline redundant before editing, haha.
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Tue Jul-26-05 01:46 PM
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39. Decapitated his head off |
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Wed Jul-27-05 11:50 PM
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43. The hits are even at two apiece |
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abnegation is to pretentious a word to use, if you're going to use it incorrectly
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Thu Jul-28-05 12:23 AM
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As opposed to killing them but they're still alive? :eyes:
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