most irritating redundancy

[bertha katzenengel]

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?

[bushisanidiot]

1. Freep-tard

it's overkill.. but i like to use it anyway. ;)

[progmom]

2. i used to have a boss who referred to "opportunistic opportunities"

[gmoney]

3. Ink Pen

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.

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

35. Speaking of which

when I lived in New Orleans, a lot of the natives would say "solid quarter" when referring to a quarter. More colorful than annoying.

[Hosnon]

40. Or perhaps to distinguish from when things were signed in blood, such

as Bush's deal with the devil.

[Wilber_Stool]

4. I call that

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.

[Bassic]

5. To the guy on tv's defense, balls arent all spherical.

Take the football for example. But yeah I do get the point. for me it is "plus pire" which translates as more worst.

[bertha katzenengel]

23. you're right - thanks -- and I love the addition from French

(is that French? :dunce:)

[Spider Jerusalem]

6. "spherical ball" isn't NECESSARILY redundant.

Non-spherical balls: US football, rugby ball, etc...those are ellipsoid and not spherical....

[bertha katzenengel]

24. Thanks, Spider.

Have you been well? :hi:

[Spider Jerusalem]

41. Fairly well, yeah.

Aside from a nasty migraine yesterday (thank the gods for Vicodin).

And you? Having any luck fining a good vegetarian protein source?

[datasuspect]

7. "close proximity"

[kick-ass-bob]

8. Would you like another beer?

well, duh!!
:eyes:

[Debi]

25. Kick-ass-bob kicks ass.

is that redundant?

[dajoki]

36. yes i would

:toast:

[MN ChimpH8R]

9. Department of Redundancy Department?

Anyone else remember the Firesign Theatre?

Papoon for President - The Guaranteed Annual Year - Not insane!

[datasuspect]

10. Dr. (insert name) , Ph.D.

[Ron Green]

11. "Visually inspect." n/t

[datasuspect]

13. dunno

you could manually inspect something as well, hence the need for distinction.

[Ron Green]

15. If you're feeling it, are you really inspecting? I mean the word "inspect"

comes from the Latin spectare, or something like that, meaning "to look" or "to see."

[Misunderestimator]

20. I think the difference is opening something up and looking inside...

a Visual inspection is just a surface one.

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

45. Time schedule

My ex-girlfriend used to drive me crazy with that one.

[SmokingJacket]

12. Please RSVP.

Actually I use that one all the time. ;-)

[Lerkfish]

14. "unloosening" his belt.

when people really mean loosening his belt. To unloosen would be to fasten it.

[mockmonkey]

16. Centrum

"It's more complete!"

[Midlodemocrat]

17. 'most complete'

as in a wedding invite I received that said our joy will be 'most complete'. :wtf:

[KG]

18. past history.

[nyhuskyfan]

19. Personal Belongings

George Carlin has tons of them listed in his books -- this one was in reference to the airline safety speeches.

[DS1]

21. irritating redundancy

irritates the shit out of me, both times :o

[bertha katzenengel]

26. Ah, the thread is now complete.

;)

[bertha katzenengel]

22. okay, more than one has pointed out that not all balls are spherical

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!

[anarch]

27. "rate of speed"

As in "the vehicle was proceeding at a high rate of speed..." Speed is a rate, dammit.

Also: ATM Machine.

[MissMillie]

28. a.m. in the morning (or p.m. at night)

yep... those are the ones that REALLY bug me.

[Blue Gardener]

29. Deja vu all over again

Really annoys me.

[bertha katzenengel]

31. Oh, but that one's a classic of mis-speak!

One of the greatest Yogi Berra-isms!

[Hosnon]

34. Well you could have deja vu multiple times in different circumstances

hence, you had deja vu all over again.

[5thGenDemocrat]

30. Hot water heater

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.

[RedCloud]

32. My own personal opinion

Just how possessive can one be?

[Hosnon]

33. "Very unique" doesn't have to be redundant:

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).

[RebelOne]

37. by the end of the day

That one is so overused now and it's really beginning to annoy me.

[Hosnon]

38. In my opinion this type of thing is a tricky area and I try not to be a

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.

[Richardo]

39. Decapitated his head off

I made that one up.

[Dervill Crow]

42. tuna fish.

[WCGreen]

43. The hits are even at two apiece

[liontamer]

44. self-abnegation

abnegation is to pretentious a word to use, if you're going to use it incorrectly

[Straight Shooter]

46. "Kills roaches dead"

As opposed to killing them but they're still alive? :eyes:

[dajoki]

47. war on terror

war is terror