Revisiting an old irritation (from 1983), song lyric that begins a line with "4 am in the morning ..."
#tautology

When you think about it, 'Dairy Milk' is an odd name for a chocolate bar. What else could it be? 'Poultry Milk'? #tautology

@hearthborn

Andrew Tate is a currently incarcerated shitbag who was Christian, then atheist, then Christian again, then Russian Orthodox, then Muslim.

He's not exactly a trustworthy reference.

"Many" non-Muslims? How many, and where are you getting the numbers from?

Yes, people who believe the Quran to be the word of God will find it true. #Tautology

Why doesn’t it annoy more people that ‘#autistic self-advocacy’ is a #tautology?

#etymology #styleGuide

@bat #tautology rulz! 😜

Torpenhow Hill is claimed to be the name of a hill near the village of Torpenhow in Cumbria, England, a name that is a quadruple #tautology

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tautological_place_names

@dandrezner The Rubenstein folks would object: “but, but, but, it could be that both sides are patient (costs of delay are small and symmetrical), so McCarthy would be making better offers if he was actually impatient.” #tautology 🙄

@JdeBP @robertsneill I appreciate your erudite reply. However I would beg to differ, that just because there may be other examples of English, which some people don’t blink an eye at, this doesn’t hide the fact that your examples (apart from ‘absolve from’ are examples of #tautology and so are redundant. I can assure you that when 𝑰 hear these abortions of the language, my eyes don’t necessarily blink, but they do do an eye-roll. #syntax #englishlanguage

How did Lord Bridges get to be a Lord saying stuff like ‘elevate up’ on the #bbcradio4 Today show? Can you elevate down, too Lord Bridges? #tautology

RT @stevebwriter
#tautology of the day @radionz: "pre-infection prophylaxis". When else would you use it?