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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Defenestrate #27263 04/26/01 11:18 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky tsuwm (member) Thu May 18 09:55:53 2000 Re: Is there a literary term for.... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- in Rhetoric, I think this is called a pleonasm, the use of more words than necessary to convey an idea (not to be confused with a tautology, needless repetition of an idea :) tsuwm Dept. of pleonasm Dept. Iowa City, IA Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Defenestrate J.P. Esquire 04/25/01 01:40 AM Re: Defenestrate Max Quordlepleen 04/25/01 02:28 AM Re: Defenestrate Geoff 04/25/01 03:43 AM Re: Defenestrate of troy 04/25/01 12:32 PM Re: Defenestrate Faldage 04/25/01 04:00 PM Re: Defenestrate Geoff 04/26/01 12:15 AM Re: Clancy the brick mason Faldage 04/26/01 12:16 PM Re: Clancy the brick mason rodward 04/26/01 02:57 PM Re: Clancy the brick mason Geoff 04/28/01 03:51 AM Re: Defenestrate wow 04/25/01 01:24 PM Re: Defenestrate tsuwm 04/25/01 01:31 PM Re: Defenestrate wwh 04/25/01 01:52 PM I love Atomica Jackie 04/25/01 02:40 PM Re: adfenestrate tsuwm 04/25/01 05:42 PM Re: adfenestrate Faldage 04/25/01 06:00 PM Re: window treatments Sparteye 04/25/01 06:26 PM Re: window treatments tsuwm 04/25/01 07:07 PM Re: alcohol and windows Sparteye 04/25/01 07:22 PM Re: alcohol and windows Capital Kiwi 04/26/01 04:42 AM Re: Defenestrate of troy 04/25/01 02:41 PM Re: Defenestrate Bobyoungbalt 04/25/01 03:29 PM Re: Defenestrate wwh 04/25/01 05:09 PM Re: Defenestrate Faldage 04/25/01 05:18 PM Re: Defenestrate wwh 04/25/01 06:42 PM Re: Defenestrate rodward 04/26/01 02:36 PM Re: Defenestrate wwh 04/26/01 03:05 PM Re: Defenestrate rodward 04/27/01 10:12 AM Re: Defenestrate Faldage 04/27/01 12:59 PM Re: Defenestrate wwh 04/27/01 02:11 PM Re: Defenestrate Capital Kiwi 04/28/01 05:08 AM Re: DeLatinate Max Quordlepleen 04/28/01 05:31 AM Re: DeLatinate Capital Kiwi 04/28/01 06:06 AM Re: Defenestrate rodward 04/25/01 03:56 PM Re: Defenestrate Bobyoungbalt 04/25/01 04:52 PM Re: Defenestrate Capital Kiwi 04/26/01 04:38 AM Re: Defenestrate Max Quordlepleen 04/26/01 05:01 AM Re: Defenestrate belligerentyouth 04/26/01 07:33 AM Re: Defenestrate Jackie 04/26/01 11:18 AM Re: Defenestrate belligerentyouth 04/26/01 03:17 PM Re: Defenestrate wwh 04/26/01 01:59 PM Re: Defenestrate Faldage 04/25/01 04:05 PM Re: herds AnnaStrophic 04/25/01 04:25 PM Re: herds Faldage 04/25/01 04:45 PM Re: Defenestrate Rouspeteur 04/26/01 12:42 AM Re: Defenestrate Rouspeteur 04/26/01 12:43 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,438 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 594 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 13 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,604 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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