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"foolish ADHERENCE to consistency""ADHERENCE" is an addundance, birdfeed. 
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"ADHERENCE" is an addundance, birdfeed."
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re "ADHERENCE" is an addundance, birdfeed: Hwæt?One cannot be consistent without adhering to consistency, birdfeed. I make note of this more out of regard for Emerson's poetry than out of regard for the virtues of brevity.
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One cannot be consistent without adhering to consistencyOr, to put it another way, consistency is adherently consistent. There I go battologizing again. 
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battologize
(v. t.) To keep repeating needlessly; to iterate.
~1913 Webster's Dictionary.
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battologize
From Greek battologia 'argologia, akairologia' (a rare word) < bat(t)alos 'anus; stammerer' (cf. proktos 'anus' and battarizo 'to stammer'). Somehow fitting.
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re battologize: "Delicious!"Yes, it is a good word, Father Steve. Wordwind found it ["Tongue Twister" thread]. re Somehow fittingYou got me there, jheem.
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