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To: Daffynition

Is “Big Fat” redundant or contradictory?


23 posted on 09/26/2009 10:11:20 AM PDT by TaxPayer2000 (The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government,)
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Technically, it’s called an oscillating redundancy.


25 posted on 09/26/2009 10:13:09 AM PDT by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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To: TaxPayer2000
Is “Big Fat” redundant or contradictory?

The second word is used to reiterate/reinforce the first, I believe.

33 posted on 09/26/2009 10:16:10 AM PDT by library user
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