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What's the word for when you use two redundant words together? Like when you say, "Annoying Shitcoiner is a _______" as a joke because the Venn diagram of annoying people and shitcoiners is a circle (or "Annoying Bitcoiner" if you're a shitcoiner)? #asknostr

node 1y ago

pleonasm

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[ARCHIVED] Jay 1y ago

I know that's like, the "right" word, but it's not the one I would always use.. 🫤

node 1y ago

a synonoym for pleonasm maybe? tautology? Or redundancy?

[ARCHIVED] Jay 1y ago

This is going to really bug me because I'm starting to think I'm misremembering it 🤔🤔🤔

Nothing I see in terms of synonyms looks familiar even though they all mean exactly what I want to say. Man 😩

[ARCHIVED] Jay 1y ago

My sister suggested that I'm thinking of Oxymoron but for the opposite usage. I'm starting to think she's right.

node 1y ago

Ah that makes sense

Joel 1y ago

Tautology

[ARCHIVED] Jay 1y ago

Thanks, my brain was malfunctioning and I was thinking of oxymoron for what was actually a tautology 😂

node 1y ago

😂 I had said that one 🤙🏾