Redundancy is not only repetitive, it's also verbose and repititive.

By: T.R. Slyder, TRSlyder@yahoo.com



I just heard John Kerry, during today's hearing with Hillary Clinton, make reference to an "old adage". Are there any new adages? Another redundancy, I not only hate, but abhor, detest, and despise is when people say "safe haven". The word "safe" appears in the defintion of the word.

1.	a harbor or port.

2.	any place of shelter and safety; refuge; asylum

There is no sense in modifying "haven", because an unsafe haven is mutually exclusive. Unless of course you're going to make a new adage about a skinny fat person living in an unsafe haven.


update: While listening to Bill Simmons' podcast, I heard his guest Michael Lombardi refer to someone as being "prideful". That isn't a word. I hear people say that all the time. The word they are looking for is "proud".