Posted on 07/03/2012 4:59:20 AM PDT by SoothingDave
Word For The Day, July 3, 2012
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]
-n
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.
[1580–90; < Late Latin pleonasmus < Greek pleonasmós redundancy, surplus, derivative of pleonázein to be or have more than enough, itself derivative of pleíōn more ( see pleo-)]
Happy Tuesday-disguised-as-a-Friday!
Happy Tuesday-disguised-as-a-Friday!
A pleonastic ping?
Yes, but not an intentional one.
You could knock me over with a feather.
The recently affirmed Affordable Care Act is a great example of pleonasm — all 2700 pages of it. Even the SCOTUS opinion is pleonastic.
FR working my nerves again this AM with just morons on parade. In almost 14 years here i have never been this disgusted. first morons asking why the Obamacare decision hasn't been appealed yet, second impugning Roberts as braindamaged bc he takes epilepsy meds [so glad to see that the moronic Savage holds such sway here that Freepers would pick up and run with that idiocy] and third, morons asserting Roberts is gay. now i googled the last and apparently the proof of this is one goofy picture from a zillion years ago, and i read that MEN don't pose with food, and bc they were posing with food, it must mean he's gay. Oh ok, and perhaps because his children are adopted that's further proof? why not malign the infertile with the same brush used to tar the epileptics. sooooo disgusted.
Appealed to whom? LOL What part of “Supreme Court” don’t they understand?
ping
MORONS! and i just saw someone suggest that Roberts children may have been adopted illegally, brought here illegally, and the decision was to pay Obams back for his EO legalizing all illegal kids. Honestly, it is embarrassing to be associated with this level of lunacy. i don’t know John Roberts personally. i understand the disappointment with the decision, i was personally disappointed as well, but the depths that conservatives will sink to, in just flailing out in frustration is every bit as bad as what i expect from DU.
The expression on Michelle’s face is pretty funny....
well what about Michelle Bachmann being pictured eating a hotdog, what does that say about her?
Obaba is an empty windbag whose socialist worldview is a malignancy that is destroying our country. More succinctly: a pleonasm neoplasm.
Wasn’t the thesis that men don’t get pictures taken with food unless they are gay? I don’t see how Bachmann is relevant.
They’re getting stupider.
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