Tautology

[IndieSinger]

What are your favourite examples thereof? Mine are French champagne, from the very beginning, at this moment in time, added bonus and free gift. I'm not sure if the following are tautological strictly speaking but, either way, are curious: PIN Number, ATM Machine, FHM Magazine, LCD Display and LAN Network.

[andy hughes]

What about "clever woman"? One to impress all our lady colleagues out there!

[Hippy]

"Added extra" ... "Extra bonus" ... "Revolutionary new" ... "Latest news" ... and of course, who can forget "Over and over again"

I'm sure that other ABers have more further illustrative examples. (hehe)

[secretsquiz]

the one that annoys me is "3am in the morning"

[omblod]

My pet hate is "repeat again" when someone actually just means "repeat". A friend who lived in Italy for a while is still haunted by "The La Scala opera house". PEDANTS OF THE WORLD UNITE!

[woofgang]

abs braking system

[IndieSinger]

... and DYSLEXICS OF THE WORLD - UNTIE!

Haha great examples so far folks, thank-you!

[Alan2]

What about Lloyds TSB bank

[number8]

I'm absolutely convinced

[MikeMikeMike]

old age pensioners. As Jack Dee says, it kinda tells them the same thing three times...

[Moog]

Isn't clever woman an oxymoron rather than tautology - how about - adequate enough?

[IndieSinger]

Now now, Moog, don't want this thread deteriorating into a sexist argument!

I'm not sure about this one, but maybe the (very common) phrase surplus to requirements because surplus already means "extra to requirements".

[vittoria]

"another alternative" - aaargh

[bernardo]

If tautology is defined as saying the same thing more than once, my least favourite is "tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks tuck your blanks into your blanks"

[GrammarPea]

MOT Test, NCT Test, AIB Bank... Hey what's this "tuck your blanks into your banks"?

[Pezzatronic]

Absolutely Unique. Beautiful Swan.

[Bert]

I've seen things like "to stop this re-occurring again" several times. I agree with secretsquiz "3 a.m. in the morning" is infuriating.

[Bert]

Another one heard occasionally is where people try to show off and start a phrase with "whence" and end it with "from", e.g. "go back to whence it came from".

[Smiffy]

ISBN number (as they say at my local library).

[Famous5]

Radio traffic reports which say 'following an earlier accident'

[Kay]

" Continue On" AAAAGGGGHHH!!!