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I'll keep trying to think of some redundant acronyms, but in the meantime between time here are some plain old redundancies.
underground tunnel
fasten together
brief synopsis
Can we brainstorm for a few more?
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How about "inner core".
I heard that one one the radio this morning.
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I think my (least) favourite is "forward planning".
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As opposed to oxymorons: which are more fun to find.
fresh frozen
friendly fire
Christian Scientists
rap music
plastic silverware
sweet sorrow
and peace force....
But back to the original topic....
The KGB group: Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti
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You are all way too serious. Words are the most fun I have....
I understand the government has assembled a Task Force on Amphibian Declines and Deformities (TADD) to investigate the deaths of frogs, toads and salamanders. At a recent meeting they took a survey---their first TADD poll.
So sorry...if demanded, I will refrain from further posts!
Who is your "resident alien" leader? Am I to be taken to task before the "word prefect"?
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Re nonacronymic reduncancies: Have these two already been done to death here?
ATM machine
PIN number
(Granted, "PIN" is an acronym, but I'm not submitting the whole phrase as an acronymic redundancy.)
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One I grind my teeth to avoid commenting on is "hot water heater". One doesn't have to heat hot water!
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My least favorite is in the opposite direction of lusy's:
return back.
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>plastic silverware
I've always found that strange. For non US readers - (silverware=cutlery), so our plastic cutlery (knives and forks, spoons) would be "silverware" - do you get free silverware in yoghurt pots?
Along the same lines - state room (on a boat) = cabin, I was expecting Louis XIV funiture and gold plating everywhere!
>fresh frozen
We were given some Betty Crocker cake mix which had "with artificial flavorings" proclaimed proudly across the pack
- we keep quiet about that kind of thing here - it's usually buried deep in the small print.
>friendly fire
You can just see the smiles on their faces, can't you!
not quite oxymorons but along the same lines:
here:
>farm fresh eggs
= eggs from battery hens who have never set foot in a farm
> home made (on pub or service station menu)
re-heated frozen food, made in a factory
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I quail at "microwave safe", and of course the oldest of them all, "military intelligence".
When being given directions by someone I had to visit, I was told to approach a traffic circle, and make a 180° turn, to get to the other side of the median barrier before turning off the main road. The short version: "go back on yourself"!
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