Repetitive redundancies
- 12 midnight
- 12 noon
- actual experience
- added bonus
- advance notice that ________ will be forthcoming
- advance planning
- advance preview
- advance reservations
- advance warning
- all meet together
- all over again
- also _________, too
- apply an application
- armed gunman
- ask for it by name (from Lake Superior State University’s famous
annual “Banished” list)
- ATM machine
- autobiography of my life
- awkward predicament
- basic fundamentals
- both the same/both different
- careful scrutiny
- cease and desist
- close proximity
- cold (or not) temperature
- commute back and forth
- complete stop
- completely through
- connect together
- consensus of opinion
- crisis situation/emergency situation (thanks to George Carlin [RIP] for
this one)
- difficult dilemma
- each and every
- end result
- estimated roughly at
- extradite back
- false fallacy
-
filled
to capacity
- first and foremost
- first initial
- free gift or free bonus gift
-
friend
of mine
- from whence
- frozen ice
-
future
recurrence
- general public
- green in color
- grow in size
- illegal discrimination
-
illustrated
drawing
- input into/output out of
-
integrate
together/integrate with each other
- joined together
- kills bugs dead
- kitty cat
- little baby
-
live
studio audience
- meet together/meet with each other
- mutual _______ for each other
- mutually interdependent or interdependent on each other
- natural instinct
- naturally inherent
- never at any time
-
new
baby boy was born
- NT technology (NT stands for New Technology)
- null and void
- umber-one leader
- over and done with
- overexaggerate
- pair of twins
- past experience
- past history
- pre-_________ [most words with the prefix “pre-,” e.g., preheat,
prerecord, preboard as an airplane (another borrowed Carlin
classic)]
- PIN number; VIN number
- plan ahead
- poisonous venom
- preplan
- proceed forward
- progressively promoted
- puppy dog
- pursue after
- race, color, (and creed)
- re-________ again
- reason is because
-
reason
why
- refer back
- regular routine
- same exact
- self-________ yourself
- separated apart from each other
- side note
- sideline
- small speck
- suddenly exploded
- surrounded on all sides
-
three-way
love triangle
- time period
- truly sincere
- tuna fish
- unexpected surprise
- unnamed anonymous
- veiled ambush
- very pregnant
- very unique
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Logical oxymorons
- act naturally
- advanced BASIC
- almost exactly
- alone together
- authentically reproduced
- butt head
- canned fresh
- center around
- clearly misunderstood
- click the Start button to shut down
- computer jock
- constant change
- constant variable
- crash landing
- deafening silence
- decreased growth
- definite maybe
- diet ice cream
- disposable products with a lifetime guarantee
- even odds
- exact estimate
- extinct life
- first annual
- first string secondary
- former native
- forward back
- found missing/turned up missing
- free trade
- freezer burn
- genuine imitation/genuine simulated
- go ahead, back up
- good grief
- government organization
- Great Depression
- Hell’s Angels
- holy war
- hot chili
- jumbo shrimp
- larger half
- last initial
- legally drunk
- liquid natural gas
- little giant
- living dead
- long shorts
- near miss
- new classic
- now, then...
- old news
- one of the only...
- original copies
- passive aggressive
- peace force
- peacekeeper missile
- plastic glasses
- political science
- pretty ugly
- rehearsed improvisation
- resident alien
- rolling stop
- same difference
- sanitary landfill
- second initial
- seriously funny
- silent alarm
- sleep vigorously
- small crowd
- soft rock
- solo ensemble
- specialize in everything
- student teacher
- sweet sorrow
- sweet tart
- synthetic natural gas
- taped live
- temporary tax increase
- terribly pleased
- tight slacks
- to infinity and beyond
- tragic comedy
- twelve-ounce pound cake
- unbiased opinion
- virtual reality
- whole half
- working vacation
And my personal favorite:
- Microsoft Works (my insincere
apologies [shouldn’t that be on
this list, too?] to Mr. Gates and his large
team of programmers and even larger team of
antitrust attorneys)
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