Because I just realized I haven't posted a damn thing all this week

[thatcrazycajun]

And now, a public service message from the Department of Redundancies Department:
We must completely and totally stamp out the use of these idiotic phrases!
My personal fave: "automatic ATM machine." What's yours?

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[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[archiver-tim.livejournal.com]

That Crazy Cajun {evil grin}

[lemmozine.livejournal.com]

Um, there's an old one from the 60s, IBM Machine.

Personally, I prefer oxymorons, like scented deodorant.

[lemmozine.livejournal.com]

Oh, and another one: there's an area of Boulder, Colorado called Table Mesa.

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

"Year anniversary." As in "this is the three-year anniversary of event X"

[wolfette]

well, better than "we're celebrating our three week anniversary of our first date" or "we'll be commemmorating our 6 month anniversary of the disaster".

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Irregardless.

Oh, and one from Disney: "Full and complete stop."

[ldwheeler.livejournal.com]

I once realized that I had written -- and published -- the phrase "wealthy millionaire."

On the other hand, these days a mill doesn't necessarily translate to "wealth." Still and all, I'd kinda like one. Maybe two.

[figmo.livejournal.com]

Actually, the reason for "live audience" is the opposite is "pre-recorded audience" or "canned audience." Yes, there is such a thing as an audience that isn't live. Some shows use laugh tracks instead of an audience.

In other cases, I've seen the use of a "canned audience." Years ago I was engineering a live concert for my college radio station. The weather was so awful that night only three people showed up to watch. As a favor to the performer (who deserved a bigger audience), we had the studio engineer add in some applause tracks from a few sound effect records and jazz albums. People listening to the concert would hear a couple of folks clapping, then suddenly a whole room of them at it. :-)

[junquegrrl.livejournal.com]

when i was a kid, my parents and i went out to eat and saw on the chalkboard "Soup du Jour of the Day..." and we never forgot it. That was a good day :-)

As a former bookseller, the phrase "ISBN number" makes me want to scream. It's just like "VIN number"

In the vein of "advance warning" is the idea of "pre-warning" someone. What, "I am warning you that I'm about to warn you of something else"???

"Personal friend" might make more sense in this era of mass communication, where some of your "friends" might not be people you've met other than over the phone or teh internets. And "bare naked"... well, for some reason I like that. It seems more of an emphasis than a redundancy. And it has the word naked in it.

Good topic!!

[wolfette]

meh - "awful bad" isn't necessarily saying things twice. "awful" means "filling you with awe" - so it could be awful bad (so bad it fills you with awe about how bad it is) or awful good (so good it fills you with awe about how good it is. Or it could just be awful - inspiring you with awe.

[luscious-words.livejournal.com]

A.M. in the morning...or P.M. at night, for that matter. I had these drummed into me in journalism writing *and* copyediting classes.

I must, however, argue with 'handwritten manuscript.' As a writer, it is understood that you can have a handwritten manuscript, a typed manuscript or a computer-generated manuscript. *s*

[patoadam]

with au jus

the El Camino

[dan-ad-nauseam.livejournal.com]

Full satisfaction has a legal meaning, as opposed to partial satisfaction of a debt.

[filkferengi]

It also describes the Conflikt experience particularly well. I remember with fond nostalgia the Thais that bind our community together.

;)