Redundant redundancies?
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Redundant redundancies?
Copied from a friend's blog. Here are some things to do with saying things twice when you don't need to.
ABS (anti-lock braking system) system.
ATM (automatic teller machine) machine.
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) virus.
LCD (liquid crystal display) display.
PIN (personal identification number) number.
SAM (surface-to-air missile) missile.
SAT (standard attainment test) test.
ABS (anti-lock braking system) system.
ATM (automatic teller machine) machine.
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) virus.
LCD (liquid crystal display) display.
PIN (personal identification number) number.
SAM (surface-to-air missile) missile.
SAT (standard attainment test) test.
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Re: Redundant redundancies?
GPS system
GST tax
GST tax
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Hermit wrote:GPS system
GST tax

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http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/GPSJimC wrote:Hermit wrote:GPS system
GST taxI think that is GPS satellite...

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How about this:
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Might be an Americanism, but "hot water heater" always irritates me. Why would you need to heat hot water?
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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To make it more hotter, or hotter still? 

The latest fad is a poverty social. Every woman must wear calico,
and every man his old clothes. In addition each is fined 25 cents if
he or she does not have a patch on his or her clothing. If these
parties become a regular thing, says an exchange, won't there be
a good chance for newspaper men to shine?
The Silver State. 1894.
and every man his old clothes. In addition each is fined 25 cents if
he or she does not have a patch on his or her clothing. If these
parties become a regular thing, says an exchange, won't there be
a good chance for newspaper men to shine?
The Silver State. 1894.
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It should be called "A Device to Increase the Average Kinetic Energy of Particles of H2O"
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Dihydrogen Monoxide Molecular Agitator.
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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All agitators are marxists! 

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Re: Redundant redundancies?
To make it even hotterlaklak wrote:Might be an Americanism, but "hot water heater" always irritates me. Why would you need to heat hot water?

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I don't know what that means. But GNU is the most famous recursive acronym in computing. GNU's Not Unix.rachelbean wrote:How about this:
PHP stands for: Hypertext Preprocessor, which is a recursive backronym.
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"Socialized medicine is just exactly as morally defensible as gassing and cooking Jews" - Seth. Yes, he really did say that..
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