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pleonasm

 (n): using more words than necessary
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6 days ago bilby said:

A pleonasma screen.

6 days ago thinkingsage said:

It's kinda hard to read the comments on my LCD display. Maybe I should buy a new one.

2 months ago seanahan said:

What was the felicitous pleonasm?

2 months ago yarb said:

"...Professor Lamort's felicitous pleonasm."

- Nabokov, Ada, or Ardor.

about 1 year ago toner said:

irregardless

about 1 year ago nkocharh said:

"PIN number" and "ATM machine" are my bêtes noires.

about 1 year ago pedalinfaith said:

A most exemplary example of battology. ;)

about 1 year ago seanahan said:

Good example pedalinfaith. I like "Miller MGD" myself.

about 1 year ago pedalinfaith said:

Big Rio Grande River,
It flows down to the sea,
Bringing back my memories of the past.
High up on Table Mesa,
I feel her nearness close to me
As the evening sun sets in the West.

- from "Big Rio Grande River" by Austin Lounge Lizards

about 1 year ago pedalinfaith said:

Please RSVP. :)

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