Friday, April 12, 2013

Daily Word: PLEONASM

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ple·o·nasm

  [plee-uh-naz-uhm] 

~ noun

DEFINITION: 1)The use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy. 2) An instance of this, as free gift  or true fact. 3) A redundant word or expression.

SENTENCE: People who make pleonastic statements drive me crazy; I got your point the first time.

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