Pleonasms or Tautological Redundancies(avoid redundancies by not using unnecessary repetitions and superfluous words)The use of pleonasms results in a superfluity of words, sometimes deliberately, for emphasis; or the unnecessary repetitions resulting from a lack of the realization that such terms are redundant. ABM missile
Anti Ballistic Missile missile
absolutely essential
absolutely necessary
ABS system
Anti-lock Braking System system
a cappella choral singing without any musical-instrumental
AC current
Alternating Current current
active weather
From a Canadian contributor
ACT test
American College Test test), a college-entrance examination
add an additional
added bonus
add up
advance forward
advance planning
advance preview
advance reservation or reservations
* The pleonasms followed by an asterisk (*) came from an essay, "The Affluent Rich"; by Nat Boynton in his book, Media Rare. My special thanks to Mr. Jerry Gordon for contributing a copy of the essay so I could go through it and pick out the "UR's" (Unnecessary Redundancies) or pleonasms. Please contribute any pleonasms you may come across from any of the media and let's make this list even more significant as it expands. You may send your suggestion, or suggestions, to e-mail contact or use this e-mail address: words@wordinfo.info A unit of pleio-, plio- words meaning, "more, most; excessive; multiple". If there are any numbers below, use them to see other pages in this unit.
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