Posted on 06/01/2006 6:22:38 AM PDT by secret garden
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In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
pleonasm \PLEE-uh-naz-uhm\ • noun
1. The use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; as, "I saw it with my own eyes."
2. An instance or example of pleonasm.
3. A superfluous word or expression.
Example sentence:
Such a phrase from President Nixon's era, much favored by politicians, is "at this moment in time." Presumably these five words mean "now." That pleonasm probably does little harm except, perhaps, to the reputation of the speaker.
-- Eoin McKiernan, "Last Word: Special Relationships", Irish America, August 31, 1994
Etymology: Pleonasm is from Greek pleonasmos, from pleon, "greater
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
Jest another case of round-a-bout circumferencial circular reasoning that skirts the issue while skating around the hole issue........
Are you beating around the bush, Robt.?
dARN CAPITALIZES......
A+ for you.
I thought the same thing when I was reading it. A for you! Go Sabres!
It is too damp to paint, so I'm here doing invoices and making beef stroganoff-
I've seen with my own two eyes
The paranoia of the 'rats
I've heard with my very own ears
The rustle of their tinfoil hats
From my one and only 'rat neighbor
Whom I saw at the store today-
She commenced to tell me that
She hopes Al Gore gets his way
As for my use of pleonasm
Mentioning Al inspires the excessive-
There is not no better example
Of survival of genes recessive
And here comes more rain and a Queen earworm as I crank up the radio on my desk-
Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone, and another one gone
Another one bites the dust
Hey, I?m gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust
I really can't hear that song without thinking about Weird Al's parody "Another One Rides the Bus"-I swear that is the fuuniest one he ever made...
The irony of Nagin's installation falling on the first day of HURRICANE SEASON is just too rich.
However, reliable sources say that Mayor Nagin is preparing diligently for this year's potential disasters by practicing to the new "Tae Bo Finger-Pointing" video..... :-|
how appropriate : )
I wonder if Nagin knows how much of a laughing stock he is here in Texas and other places? What an idiot...
(See post 66 for explanation of 2nd line...)
Warning : Adult topics.
Akin to a verbal spasm
is the self-defined "neoplasm"
The example I'll give,
not an appositive
"He reached the climax of orgasm."
Pleonastic double speakers,
Whose orgiastic verbs are weaker,
Slather on the verbal jism,
All to hide their mental schism,
In the end, their fates get bleaker!
Touche!
Excellent, A+ and after reading your second post, I started singing Another One Rides the Bus before I even read your last line! GMTA!
Is that a new Billy Blanks series? A+ for you and yes, I noticed where you posted.
Well done Siggy! A+ for you!
But where is the WFTD? A for effort.
I'm sensing a war of the words going here. You used the word "bleaker" which reminds me of a band from my high school called The Bleaker Street Blues Band. A+ for the ride down memory lane.
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