A monthly fee of $20 a month

A silent film, without any sound (Thanks to the Lovely & Talented Mrs. Ratt)

RMPS Spec (Raw Materials Purchase Spec Spec)

FISA Act (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Act) (Sen. Jeff Sessions [R-AL], during the Alito hearings, 1/11/06)

Two-way dialog

Positive benefits (Heard on NPR Radio's All Things Considered, 4/15/05)

The LCN (The La Cosa Nostra, or The The Thing of Ours, Heard on NPR Radio's Morning Edition, 4/26/05)

Each individual... (Heard on NPR Radio's Morning Edition, 4/13/05)

Furious and Angry (A gem from former Secy-o-State Colin Powell)

Seize the carpe diem! (Reported by New Scientist Mag)

Symmetric on both sides

Climb up the Hill (Don't argue with me about this one. If I say "Climb the Hill," you know I'm going up, not down. Duh.)

WMS System (Warehouse Management System System)

LPN Number (License Plate Number Number)

IBC Containers (Intermediate Bulk Containers Containers) (with a Shake of the Stringy Tail to Cristóbal Jefe!)

Specification Requirements

Chai Tea ("Chai means "tea" in Russian and a number of other languages, accordion to Ryan B, so this is, of course, "Tea Tea.")

The La Brea Tar Pits (The The Tar Tar Pits) (from Absolute Astronomy's Tautology Page)

SIP Panels (Structural Insulated Panel Panels)

BTK Killer (Bind, Torture, and Kill Killer)

First-time Rookie (NPR Radio's Only A Game, 2/26/05)

Closed CCT TV (Closed Closed Circuit TV TV) (Reported by James Diamond, in New Scientist Mag)

RSI Injection (Real Sequential Injection Injection) (Reported by Kim Summers, in New Scientist Mag)

CD Disk (Compact Disk Disk) (Reported by Kim Summers, in New Scientist Mag)

RAS Syndrome (Redundant Acronym Syndrome Syndrome) (Reported by Kim Summers, in New Scientist Mag)

"I was thinking to myself..." (liiiike, who else are you gonna think to? Heard, among many other places, on the lovely song, What a Wonderful World.)

NT Technology (New Technology Technology) (Another Wave of the Stringy Tail to Rick Andrews for this one!)

NAPA Auto Parts (National Auto Parts Association Auto Parts)

Archived Reduns:

A "lasting and permanent" impact (michiganrafter on Boater Talk)

Lead Anchor (referring to the news-show type of anchor; lead rhymes with "heed," of course; heard on NPR Radio.)

Madrassa School (Spoken by "Dubya" Bush, the PretzelDent!)

Smuggle Illegally (Heard on The West Wing)

PMS Syndrome (Pre-Menstrual Syndrome Syndrome)

Castrated Eunuchs (Another Happy Flick of the Stringish Tail to Caroline Muir!)

Collaborate together (Heard on NPR Radio, spoken by Akron Rep Tom Sawyer)

Unborn fetus (Heard on NPR Radio)

"promptly…right away" (Another Happy Flick of the Stringish Tail to Caroline Muir, who heard this on NPR Radio, re. the Argentine financial crisis)

Acronymic Reduns (ordered in alphabetical order):

AAA Auto Club (American Automobile Association Auto Club)

ABF Freight System or in Redunbonics: "Arkansas Best Freight Freight System" (A Wave of the Stringy Tail to Rick Andrews for this one, and for coining an excellent term!)

ABM Machine (Automatic Banking Machine; this is the Canadian version of "ATM Machine")

ABS Braking System (Antilock Braking System Braking System) (A big-ol' Whoosh of the Stringy Tail to Rick Andrews!)

AC Current (Alternating Current Current) (A big-ol' Whoosh of the Stringy Tail to Rick Andrews!)

ACT Test (American College Test Test)

ALCS Series (American League Championship Series Series)

ATL Labs (Arizona Test Labs Labs)

ATM Machine (Automated Teller Machine Machine)

ATS System (Automated Tracking System System) (Another Shake of the Ratt Tail to Diana Andrews! )

Audio Sound System (Another Happy Twitch of the Stringy Tail to The Lovely & Talented Mrs. Ratt!)

AUP policy (acceptable use policy policy)  (A Shake of the Ratt Tail to Chris Towles, who sent this via his ISP Provider!)

AWA Affiliation (American Whitewater Affiliation Affiliation) (Another Waggle of the Stringy Tail to Leland Davis!)

BAT team (Building Assistance Team Team) (Another Schwack of the Stringy Tail to Steve Green, who heard this in the Burke County [NC] school system!)

BCM Meeting (Benchmark Council Meeting Meeting) (A Wave of the Stringy Tail to Diana Andrews for this one, which, though perhaps specific to her company, is a solid Redun, nonetheless!)

(India's) BJP Party (Bharatiya Janata Party Party)

CAD Design (Yet Another Shake of the Ratt Tail to Rick Andrews, who clearly has a lot of time on his hands!)

CAFE Fuel Efficiency Standards (Corporate Average Fuel Economy Fuel Efficiency) (A big-ol' Whoosh of the Stringy Tail to Rick Andrews!)

CART Racing Team (Championship Auto Racing Team Racing Team) (Another Hearty Shake of the Stringy Appendage to Dennis Thayer!)

CBC Class (Controlled Behavior Class Class) (A big-ol' Twitch-o-Tail to Dennis Thayer!)

CBT Training  (Computer-Based Training Training) (Another Swoosh of the Stringy Tail to Jim Cavo!)

CCD Device (Charge-Coupled Device Device)

CD-ROM disc (Compact Disc Read Only Memory disc) (one of Four big Wags of the Stringy Tail to John Elsbree")

COC Open Cup (describing an analytical chemistry test, this means "Cleveland Open Cup Open Cup") (A Shake of the Ratt Tail to Dave Trowbridge!)

CPU unit (Central Processing Unit Unit)  (A Waggle of the Stringy Tail to Rick Andrews!)

CRT Tube (Cathode Ray Tube Tube) (Thanx to Richard F.)

DCI Corrosion Inhibitor (A WR Grace product, DCI stands for Darex Corrosion Inhibitor. We then get [you guessed it] Darex Corrosion Inhibitor Corrosion Inhibitor.) (Yet Another Shake of the Ratt Tail to Rick Andrews, who clearly has a lot of time on his hands!)

DAT Tape (Digital Audio Tape Tape) (Another Shake of the Ratt Tail to Scribbler Alan Muir!)

DGR Route (Dangerous Goods Route Route) (A Shake of the Stringy Tail to Paul Skoczylas, who sent this one, seen in Canada!)

DMZ Zone (Demilitarized Zone Zone) (And again, Another Happy Snap of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer, padding his lead!)

DOS Operating System (Yet Another Shake of the Ratt Tail to Rick Andrews, who clearly has a lot of time on his hands!)

DQF File (Driver Qualification File File) (A big-ol' swoop of the Stringy Tail to Diana Andrews!)

DSL Line (Digital Subscriber Line Line) (Another Happy Wag of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice!)

DVD-ROM disc (Digital Video [Versatile] Disc Read Only Memory disc) (one of Four big Wags of the Stringy Tail to John Elsbree, who also notes the following meaningless phrase: "Save up to 10% or more")

DVD (Digital Versatile Disc Disc) (Another Wag of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer, who caught AOL Online with this one!)

ECO Changes (Engineering Change Order Changes) (Another Flip of the Stringy Tail to Alan Muir!)

EIN Number  (Employer Identification Number Number) (Yet Another Shake of the Ratt Tail to Rick Andrews, who clearly has a lot of time on his hands!)

ELT Transmitter (Emergency Locator Transmitter Transmitter) (Another Happy Wag of the Stringy Tail to Alan Muir!)

"Fossett was located by tracking an emergency EPIRB rescue beacon signal..."(Emergency Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon rescue Beacon)

EPT pregnancy test (Early Pregnancy Test Pregnancy Test) (A big-ol' Swoosh of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer!)

ER Room (Emergency Room Room)

ESPN Sports Network (Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Sports Network)

EST Time (Eastern Standard Time Time) (A big-ol' swoosh of the Stringy Tail to Alan Muir!)

Estimated ETA (Estimated Estimated Time of Arrival)

FAQ Question (Frequently Asked Question Question) (A Shake of the Ratt Tail to the Scribbler, Alan Muir!)

FDR Roosevelt (Franklin Delano Roosevelt Roosevelt) (Yet another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Rick Andrews, who quotes former prez Gerald Ford with this one!)

FEA Analysis (Finite Element Analysis Analysis) (Another Shake of the Ratt Tail to Scribbler Alan Muir!)

For Your FYI and FYI Info (For Your For Your Information Info) (Another Shake of the Ratt Tail to Diana and Rick Andrews!)

FSLIC Corporation (Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation Corporation) (Another Shake of the Ratt Tail to Dennis Thayer!)

FTP a file (File Transfer Protocol a file) (A Happy Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Oci-One Kanubi!)

GATT Agreement (General Agreement on Tarriffs and Trade Agreement) (A big-ol' Whoosh of the Stringy Tail to Rick Andrews!)

GIS System (Geographic Information System System) (One Shake of the Ratt Tail to Jay Kavanagh!)

GMDSS System (Global Maritime Distress and Safety System System) (Another hearty Shake of the Ratt Tail to Jim Cavo!)

GPS System (Global Positioning System System) (Another hearty Shake of the Ratt Tail to Jim Cavo!)

GRE Exam (Grad Record Exam Exam)

(Canada's) GST Tax (Goods and Services Tax Tax)

HIV Virus (Human Immunodeficiency Virus Virus)

ICU Unit (Intensive Care Unit Unit) (Another Happy Snap of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer!)

IP protocol (Internet Protocol Protocol) (A big-ol' flick of the Stringy Tail to Rick Andrews, who found this in the Boston Globe!)

IPO Offerings (A big-ol' Swoosh of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer, who heard this on the Nightly Biz Report!)

Individual IRA Account (Individual Individual Retirement Account Account) (one of my all-time favorites, this double redundancy appeared in Consumer Reports.)

IRL Racing Team (Indy Racing League Racing Team)

IRS Revenue Agents (Internal Revenue Service Revenue Agents) (Still Another Happy Twitch of the Stringy Tail to The Lovely & Talented Mrs. Ratt!)

ISP Provider (Internet Service Provider Provider) (Yet Another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice, whose boss provided this long-awaited Redun!)

LCD Display (Liquid Crystal Display Display) (Still Another Happy Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice!)

LDP Party ([Japan's] Liberal Democratic Party Party)

MAST pants (Military Anti-Shock Trousers pants) (A Shake of the Ratt Tail to Josh Emmons!)

MFC Classes (Microsoft Foundation Classes Classes, a C++ programming library for Microsoft Windows) (one of Four big Wags of the Stringy Tail to John Elsbree") (to me, by the BTW, MFC will always mean "Merry Christmas.")

MLB Baseball (Major League Baseball Baseball)

MPE Exposure Limits (Maximum Permissible Exposure Exposure Limits)

MRI Images (Magnetic Resonance Imaging Images) (Yet Another Schlappy Flick of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer, who thus regains sole possession of first place!)

MSDS Sheet (Materials Safety Data Sheet Sheet)

NAFTA Agreement (North American Free Trade Agreement Agreement)

NAFTA Free Trade Agreement (North American Free Trade Agreement Free Trade Agreement) (We already have NAFTA Agreement, butt I think you'll agree that this impressive example is worthy of its own entry.) (A Happy Flick of the Stringy Tail to Lauren Manes!)

NT Technology (New Technology Technology, "Windows 2000: Built on NT Technology!") (one of Four big Wags of the Stringy Tail to John Elsbree")

OPEC Countries (Oil Producing [?] and Exporting Countries Countries ) (Yet Another Happy Snap of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer!)

OSB Board (Oriented Strand Board Board) (Another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Rick Andrews!)

PDF format (Portable Document Format Format) (Yet Another Swoosh of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice!)

Personal PIN Number (Personal Personal Identification Number Number) (Yet another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer, for updating and extended the pre-existing "PIN Number!")

NIC Card (Network Interface Card Card) (Yet another happy Tail Wiggle to Rick Andrews!)

NPR Radio (National Public Radio Radio)

or OBO (or Or Better Offer) (A Shake of the Ratt Tail to Sam Glover!)

OTM Manager (Object Transaction Manager Manager) (A big-ol' swoop of the Stringy Tail to Diana Andrews!)

PCR Reaction (Polymerase Chain Reaction Reaction)

PPE Equipment (Personal Protective Equipment Equipment)

PVC Vinyl Plastics (PolyVinylChloride Vinyl Plastics) (heard on WKSU)

RAM Memory (Random Access Memory Memory) (Yet Another Happy Twitch of the Ratt Tail to Caroline Muir!)

Proposed RFD (Proposed Request For Discussion)

RHIB boat (Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat Boat) (A hearty Shake of the Ratt Tail to Jim Cavo!)

ROI on Investment (Return on Investment on Investment) (A happy Shake of the Ratt Tail to Diana Andrews for this one! )

RSV Virus (Respiratory Syncytial Virus Virus) (Yet Another Swoosh of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer!)

Please RSVP ("SVP" means, of course, "S'il Vous Plait", which means "If You Please".) (A big-ol' Whoosh of the Stringy Tail to Rick Andrews!)

SAM Missile (Surface-to-Air Missile Missile)

SAT Test (Scholastic Aptitude Test Test)

SCAC Code (A transportation-related redun, SCAC=Standard Carrier Alpha Code) (A big-ol' Whoosh of the Stringy Tail to Rick Andrews!)

SI System (Systemé Internationale System) (A Shake of the Ratté Tailé to Paul Skoczylas!)

SLAPP Suit (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation Suit; surely we'd see "SLAPP Lawsuit" if we keep looking; it' essentially the same thing as the example given here.)

SPF Protection (Skin [¿Sun?] Protection Factor Protection)

SPF Factor (Skin Protection Factor Factor) (Another Waggle of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer!)

SRT Team (Special Response Team Team) (Another Waggle of the Stringy Tail to Tom Sisk!)

STM Microscopy (Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy Microscopy)

"The vehicle is the sport SUV of the year" (Sport SUV Vehicle Vehicle) (Yet Another Swoosh of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice!)

SUV Vehicle (Sport-Utility Vehicle Vehicle)

TLP program (Technical Leadership Program Program) (Thanks to Jerry Parmer)

UNC naming convention (Universal Naming Convention naming convention) (A Happy Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Oci-One Kanubi!)

UPC Code (Universal Purchase Code Code) (Another solid Wave of the Stringy Tail to Caroline Muir!)

VAT Tax (Value Added Tax Tax) (Another Waggle of the Stringy Tail to Rick Andrews!)

VCR Tape (Video Cassette Recorder Tape)

Happy VD Day (Happy Valentine's Day Day) (Yet Another Swoosh of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer!)

VIN Number (Vehicle Identification Number Number)

Non-acronymic Reduns:

Geographical Name Reduns:

Battenkill River ("Kill" means "river" or "stream" in Pennsylvania Dutch)

Caloosahatchee River (which translates roughly into Caloosa River River) (A Wag of the Stringy Tail to Heather Glasgow!)

Connecticut River (Connecticut means "the Long River," accordion to one PappyKappy. A Happy Flick of the Stringy Tail to Caroline Muir!)

similarly, Cuyahoga River, since Cuyahoga is most commonly translated as "Crooked River."

French Broad River (A Waggle of the Stringy Tail to Leland Davis, who explains that "Broad" is local dialect for "River!")

the Islands of Inishboffin and InishTurk (Inish means "island," according to Bob Cantor.)

Mount Fujiyama, as Americans sometimes call the famed Japanese volcano.  This of course translates into "Mount Mount Fuji." (A Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Joshua McGee!)

Mt. Katahdin (Yet another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Caroline Muir, who points out that Katahdin means "Great Mountain.")

Rio Grande River (Great River River) (Caroline Muir gets Another Happy Wiggle of the Ratt Tail for this one!)

Sahara Desert

Stoneycreek River

Lake Tahoe (A Waggle of the Stringy Tail to Perfesser Chris Bell, who explains that "Tahoe" is an indigenous word for, you guest it, "Lake!")

Thamba Kosi River, (Thamba River River), Ganga Chhu River (Ganga River River) (A major shake of the Ratt Tail to VajraT, who informs us that the word for "river" is "kosi" in Nepali, "chhu" in Tibetan! The Redun Page crosses cultures!)

"Ratt: I was at a place in England called Torpenhaugh Hill. Tor was Scandinavian (Viking) for hill, pen Cornish or Celtic for hill, haugh Saxon for hill. So I was at Hillhillhill Hill." (A great big swoosh of the Ratt Tail to Joe Pylka for this gem!)

The following bunch are from the 13th Uncle John's Bathroom Reader, page 244. The list is from Derek DellArciprete, courtesy of Mitch.

added bonus
advance warning
attach together
circulate around
classic tradition
bare naked
close proximity
closed fist
convicted felon
descend down
duplicate copy
end result
exact replica
foreign imports
future plans
future potential
lag behind
revert back
temper tantrum
total abstinence
unique individual

Other Non-acronymic Reduns (ordered in alphabetical order):

Add + 1
Subtract -2
Multiply x3
Divide / 4 (These four courtesy of Rick Andrews, whose competetive fires were apparently stoked!)

adequate enough (seen on Boater Talk)

Matthew, chapter 15, verse 19: "For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications..." (A big swoosh of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer, who thus takes over first place!)

the aggregate sum total (Still Another Happy Snap of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer, who thus takes over the top #1 spot!)

Alas and Alack (Yet another hearty wiggle of the stringy tail to Dennis Thayer, who clearly has a lot of time on his hands!)

100% All Natural (A Hearty Wiggle of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer, who saw this on a bottle of Arizona Iced Tea and who says, "I was really wondering about ‘fictional novel,' but after some research, I concur." Glad to see the Redun-Watch Brigade is working to keep this whole endeavor honest!)

The Al Qaeda (al Qaeda means, of course, "the struggle.") (A Happy Flick of the Stringy Tail to Oci-One Kanubi!)

alternate Plan B

Anecdotal stories (heard on NPR radio) (Another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Caroline Muir!)

"the annual operating costs are $10 million per year" (heard on NPR Radio by Kevin Tice!)

archipelago of islands (Yet Another Swoosh of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice, taking sole position of top first place!)

And etc.

And & (Another Wiggle of the Stringy Tail to Caroline Muir!)

4.9% Annual APR (4.9 Percent Annual Annual Percentage Rate) (Another double! Thanks, Dennis Thayer!)

Everything is AOK (Everything is All-Okay) (Two Shakes of the Ratt Tail to Dennis Thayer!)

Armed Gunman (Another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice!)

as per (as in "as per your instructions") (A big-ol' Swoosh of The Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice!)

Ass-less chaps (c/o the Mark & Brian radio program, quoted by Heather Glasgow!)

Astrological Horoscope (Liiike, what other kind?) (A Shake of the Ratt Tail to Caroline Muir for her first entry!)

basic fundamentals

the basic gist

Beck and Call (yet Another Wave of el Taile Estringo to Caroline Muir!)

Truly the best basketball coach in the NBA (A Slappy Flick of the Stringy Tail to Art Wilde, who found this in the New York Times!)

"Boating overseas in England…" (A Happy Flick of the Stringy Tail to Oci-One Kanubi, who spotted this one in rec.boats.paddle!)

bloated verbiage (Yet another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer!)

both all  (Yet another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer, who gives the context: "If you are looking for Diane Sawyer and Charlie this morning, they are not here. They both all are getting Memorial Day off," on ABC Noose, 5/29/00!)

Broadcast out (Yet Another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer, who heard this on NBC News!)

beating a dead horse to death (Yet Another Swoosh of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice, quoting C-Span!)

Canine Dogs (Yet Another Happy Twitch of the Stringy Tail to The Lovely & Talented Mrs. Ratt!)

carbon graphite (A Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Ray Kimball!)

careful scrutiny (Yet another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer!)

Carport Shelter (Yet Another Wiggle of the Ratt Tail to Dennis Thayer, who takes Second Place!)

cash money (a phrase shown in Boater Talk)

Cassette Tape

Cease and Desist (Another hearty wiggle of the stringy tail to Dennis Thayer!)

children's play toys (heard 5/13/00 on Morning Edition, on NPR Radio!)

cirrhosis of the liver (yeah, I looked it up. Accordion to Merriam-Webster, you can't get cirrhosis of the nose hair, or anywhere else except the liver. Good ketch, and A Happy Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Lauren Manes!)

close proximity (Yet another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer!)

commercial business (Yet another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice!)

committed, firm, resolute responses

Compress Down (A great big flick of the Ratt Tail to Dennis Thayer, who moves into a tie for first!)

Two consecutive seasons in a row (A tip of the Stringy Tail to Art Wilde, who heard this during the ALCS Series!)

a consensus agreement by all parties concerned (Another Happy "Thwip" of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice!)

Consensus of Opinion

Continue on

"Would you like to continue to stay online?" is what AOL Online asked me while I was editing the Redun Page!

"be courageous and be brave" (Heard by Paul Skoczylas on the song, Forever Young.)

Crew Team

"Current Incumbent" as in: "…if there is more than one incumbent for a position, only the current incumbent(s) will be candidates for the position." (huh?) (A big-ol' swoop of the Stringy Tail to Diana Andrews!)

dead cadaver (Yet Another Swoosh of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer!)

the decedent passed away (Yet Another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice!)

Deadline Date

delete this out (Yet Another Happy Twitch of the Ratt Tail to Caroline Muir, who stays neck-&-neck in the race for 2nd Place! [Rick Andrews oughta be gettin nerviss...])

digital picture cameras

diversion away (Yet another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Caroline Muir, who heard this from GW Bush [what a resource!] on  NPR Radio!)

$100 Dollars

Done Deal (A big-ol' Whoosh of the Stringy Tail to Rick Andrews!)

dot.com (dot dot com) (Yet Another Swoosh of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice, who caught yer intrepid reporter in this one!)

dot.com internet companies

draft beer on tap (Another Waggle of the Stringy Tail to Steve Green!)

"The titrant is then instilled into the solution dropwise until the end point" (Yet another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer!)

drunk and intoxicated (courtesy of Mounties - Tales of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police) (Another Schwock of the Stringy Tail to Heather Glasgow!)

Avogadro's clique ID# (6.022x10e23)? (it should be either "6.022x10^23" or "6.022e23") (Another Waggle of the Stringy Tail to Paul Skoczylas!)

"that would be effectively tantamount to…" (heard on NPR Radio)

Electronic e-mail (Yet two more Happy Shakes of the Tail to Kevin Tice!)

embarrassed and ashamed (Yet another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer, who reaches the Big 3-0 by quoting Tonya Harding!)

enculturated a culture (Yet another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice!)

endemically widespread (Yet another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer!)

End Result

Equally As ("These two are equally as good")

erotic sex shop (Another Switch of the Scaly Tail to Caroline Muir, who joins the rarefied club of those who've submitted twenty Reduns!)

etc… (Another Wiggle of the Stringy Tail to Paul Skoczylas!)

et cetera, et cetera (Another Wiggle of the Stringy Tail to Paul Skoczylas!)

every single one

Exit out (Yet another twitch of the Stringy Tail to Caroline Muir!)

the factual information is true (Another Waggle of the Stringy Tail to the Lovely & Talented Mrs. Ratt!)

my fellow classmates

Ferry boat (Yet Another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer!)

Fictional novel

first and foremost (Yet another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer!)

people know me by my first-name basis (Another Swoosh of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice and Heather Glasgow!)

first opening game (Another Wag of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice, who assures me that, though in fact there can be second, third, and etc. opening games, this usage was redundant in context.)

when I first started…

flaming strawberry flambé (Another Shake of the Ratt Tail to Paul Skoczylas!)

the flooding river overflowed its banks (Yet Another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice!)

foredoomed

Psalms Chapter 52, Verse 8: "But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever." (A happy wag of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer!)

for free (this one's driven me craaazy for I don't care to relate how long. The item is available free, or for nothing. It's not "for free." Thus speaks the Ratt.)

The former previous method… (A Happy Snap of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer!)

"I am selling my 97' Riot hammer for sale" (A Happy Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Brian Toohey! [No comment on the writer's use of the apostrophe, eh? How much would you pay for a 97-foot playboat?])

framed for a crime she didn't commit (Another Swoosh of the Stringy Tail to Steve Green, quoting a Blockbuster ad for Double Jeopardy!)

free at no cost (Another Wave of the Stringy Tail to Steve Green!)

Free Gift

Free Giveaway

Free Pass (A Big-ol' Waggle of the Stringy Tail to Rick Andrews!)

A frightening scare (Yet Another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice, who heard this on Court TV!)

James, Chapter 4, Verse 1: "From whence come wars and fightings among you?" (Two wiggles of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer for these gems!)

genetic gene pool (Another Waggle of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice!)

The Giant Behemoth (a 1957 B movie) (Thanx and a belated tip of the Stringy Tail to Steve Green!)

Expanding global world trade means revenue, jobs (from a corpo-Ratt publication, 5/10/00)

"The experiment met with good success" (Thanx and a Twitch of the Stringy Tail to the Lovely & Talented Mrs. Ratt, who heard this on NPR Radio's Morning Edition one morning!)

Grand Slam Home Run (A Happy Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Rick Andrews, who's broken his Code of Silence!)

"…it has a graphical interface, with Picture-Driven Icons" (Another Wag of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice!)

historical archive (Yet Another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice, who heard this on NPR Radio!)

the hoi polloi  --- "hoi" means "the" (Yet Another Schlappy Flick of the Stringy Tail to Caroline Muir, who heard this in Compuserve's SciMath Forum!)

Hoist up (Another Happy Wiggle of the Ratt Tail to Caroline Muir, who heard this one on NPR Radio!)

Hot Water Heater

Human women (Yet Another Swoosh of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice, quoting former MTV'er Kennedy!)

"The hurricane made landfall with hurricane force winds…" (Another Whip of the Scaly Tail to Steve Green, who caught an ABC Corp. reporter, reporting on Hurricane Floyd's landfall at Wilmington, NC!)

from George Harrison: "I know if I put my mind to it, I know that I really can do it" (Another Wiggle of the Stringy Tail to Paul Skoczylas!)

identically the same (Yet another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice!)

"I have a friend of mine…"

"If people are illegally committing crimes…" —Crown Prince George W. "Shrub" (or "Hedge") Bush, reported on NPR Radio and quoted by Caroline Muir

"I'm here to create the new imperial empire" --Line from the song "Honest With Me" on Bob Dylan's latest album, "Love and Theft" (A Happy Flick of the Stringy Tail to Oci-One Kanubi!…butt the Ratt comments that ol' Dylan never was much good with words, anyhoo.)

before it implodes on itself

from Alanis Morrisette: "...in a relationship with someone" (Another Wiggle of the Stringy Tail to Paul Skoczylas!)

due to an inadvertant error (Another Waggle of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice!)

this is an increasingly more common problem

Ink pen (Another Waggle of the Stringy Tail to Steve Green!)

internal Intranet (Another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Alan Muir!)

internet e-commerce (ummmm...what other kind of e-commerce can there be?)

"In this ever-changing world, in which we live in" (Ratt thanks ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, Live And Let Die)

Jeep CJ  (Jeep Civilian Jeep) (A Hearty Wiggle of the Stringy Tail to Keri Bryan, who points out that Jeep comes from "General Purpose," so this one translates into "General Purpose Civilian General Purpose.")

It has a certain je ne sais quoi, but I don't know what. (A Happy Swoosh of the Stringy Tail to Gwen Elydyr!)

joined together (as in holy matrimony [is that an oxymoron?]) (Yet another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer!)

Kith and Kin (Another Happy Wiggle of the Ratt Tail to Caroline Muir!)

5 knots per hour (Yet another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice, who editorializes that "knots per hour" would not be redundant if it were used as a unit of acceleration.)

she is a Know-it-all about everything (Yet another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice!)

"…this is her last and final match…" (A Waggle of the Stringy Tail to Rick Andrews!)

This is our last, best, and final offer. (Another hearty Wag of The Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer!)

Last Seduction II (okay, I'm not sure this is truly a Redun, but its illogic is compelling.) (another happy swoosh of the Stringy Tail to Heather Glasgow!)

Last swan song (heard on NPR Radio, 7/4/99)

lead pencil (A Happy Flick of the Stringy Tail to Steve Green!)

from a safety video, "OSHA restricts the length of lines to 300 feet in length"

"Then there was the charity phone solicitor who wanted me to help out the ‘less unfortunate' children." (Either a Redun, or he wanted to help out the rich kids...) (Another Waggle of The Stringy Tail to Paul Skoczylas!)

"let or hindrance" -- a phrase used on some passports, where the use of "let" is an archaic usage, meaning "hindrance" (Yet Another Schlappy Flick of the Stringy Tail to Caroline Muir, again from Compuserve's SciMath Forum!)

leveled houses flat and (heard 5/13/00 on Morning Edition, on NPR Radio!)

Liquid latex

Little Tiny, Great Big Huge (Another Happy Wiggle of the Ratt Tail to Caroline Muir!)

lubricious sensual lubricant (yet another happy swoosh of the Stringy Tail to Heather Glasgow, who found one with what looks like a made-up word! [as for how she found this gem, she demurs "don't ask."])

Male Gigolo (Another Swoosh of the Stringy Tail to Heather Glasgow, who found this in the movie, "Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigolo"!)

male penises (click here for the reference, if you dare!)

man-made city (another happy swoosh of the Stringy Tail to Steve Green, who heard this on the Travel Channel, referring to Venice!)

Maximum Speed Limit (A big-ol' Swoosh of The Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice!)

maximas and minimas (Another happy Swipe of The Stringy Tail to Paul Skoczylas!)

mechanical robot (A Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Tom Sisk!)

Medias (since Media is plural, adding an "s" is redundant, ¿no?) (Yet Another Shake of the Ratt Tail to Rick Andrews, who clearly has a lot of time on his hands!)

mentally deranged

might possibly (as in, "That might possibly be his sister he's up and got in a marryin' way!"); there are several related constructions, such as might potentially (as in, "Dagnab it, Morlay, I knew Gudger up an' promised yew five bucks, but swallerin' them tee-ran-chelers jist might be potentially fatal to yore hailth!")

Minus 5 degrees below zero (= 5 above?)

minus eighteen under par (Yet Another Swoosh of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer, quoting the ESPN Network!)

"In October, the Justice Department staged a mock training exercise..." (Hot off the presses, from CNN News!)

A Moment in Time

More than >50% (A Big-ol' Wag of the Stringy Tail to Leland Davis!)

needless superfluous modifiers (Yet another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer!)

saying a negative word against him

new changes (Another Swock of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice, quoting SEC chairman Arthur Leavitt on NPR Radio!)

News Headlines

not hardly

oftentimes

Old legacy system (A twitching flick of the Ratt Tail to Rick Andrews!)

on-site delivery (Yet another happy wiggle of the Stringy Tail to Caroline Muir!)

on-site installation (Another happy wiggle of the Stringy Tail to Caroline Muir, who noticed this one in the Yellow Pages!!)

Optional extras (Heard from James Bond by Heather Glasgow, who's climbing the ranks!)

original source (Yet another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer for this one, also from 20/20!)

the other alternative (Yet Another Schlappy Flick of the Stringy Tail to Caroline Muir, who heard this on NPR Radio!)

Over and done with (A big-ol' Swoosh of the Stringy Tail to Stephen Kromer for this!)

painter line (seen in a website about canoes; of course, a painter is a line.)

Past History / Past Experience / Prior History

permanently expelled

phony facade (Yet another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice!)

…emits photons of light (Yet Another Swoosh of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice!)

plus or minus two either way (Yet another twitch of the Stringy Tail to Paul Skoczylas, who clearly has a lot of time on his hands!)

11 PM tonight (or 8 AM this morning)

At this point in time (I mean, what else could one be talking about? At this point in space? This is one of Ratt's pet peeves; Ratt is old enough to remember Watergate, when this expression gained public attention. At the time [oops, I mean "at that point in time"], everyone made fun of the Future Convicted Felons who were employing it. Not long thereafter, the same people [it seems] were using that phrase to sound all fancy and educated. Sheesh! Well, at least I'm reminded of Watergate, a real example [in contrast to current events] of government's policing itself...that's a good thing, right?) (Thank yew fer yer attention to the Ratt's Rant...)

possible eventuality (Yet another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer, who quoted the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, heard via CBS Noose!)

potential hazards

potential threats

Please Pre-Pay Before Pumping

Preplanning (as opposed to what? Postplanning?)

previously prior (Yet Another Swoosh of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice!)

the primary drug of choice (this linguistic monstrosity created by a local official, re. marijuana vs. alcohol)

Prior Precursor (A twitching flick of the Ratt Tail to the Lovely And Talented Mrs. Ratt!)

pro-democracy advocates

The cost…is prohibitively expensive

psychological mind games (Yet Another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice, who heard this on Dateline or Nightline or Lifeline or What's My Line or somethang!)

Pysanka Egg Artist (A pysanka is, of course, a Ukranian easter egg.) (A-hem. Of course. We all knew that, I'm sure. A happy Swipe of The Stringy Tail to Paul Skoczylas for this rather obscure one!)

From a speech by Spiro T. Agnew: Querulous Complainers (Look up "querulous" in the dictionary; just about every entry contains the word, "complain." Good ol' Spiro!)

Random chance (Another Waggle of the Stringy Tail to Steve Green!)

rappel down a rope (Yet Another Swoosh of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice, quoting NPR Radio and moving into a tie for first place)

Rate of Speed (Another Hearty Wave of the Stringy Tail to Paul Skoczylas for pointing out this one!)

Recent Cutting Edge Transactions (Another Swock of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice, who wonders how anything that's cutting edge could be anything but recent!)

please leave a recorded voice mail message (Yet Another Swack of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice!)

Reiterate ("Iterate," of course, means "Repeat;" so this means "re-repeat?")

From the CNN News website:  "Ms. Magazine relaunches again". (Another Waggle of the Stringy Tail to Paul Skoczylas!)

respond back and
separate out (Two shakes of The Stringy Tail to Caroline Muir for these two!)

reticent to speak (News reporter, as quoted by Alan Muir; she probably meant "reluctant to speak," which would put it in the category of Malapropism.)

"The road to the White House is a long one…and I intend it to end at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue." (That's good-ol' GW "Dubya" Bush, who apparently has the mental acuity to recognize that a road ends at its terminus! In IMHO, this gentleman more than makes up for the loss of Danny Quayle!)

roof top (Another Waggle of the Stringy Tail to Steve Green!)

Rotate this around (Another Thwack of the Stringy Tail to Caroline Muir!)

rpms, as in "turning 1400 rpms" ("It's revolutionS per minute.  So what people are saying is ‘revolutions per minutes' or something," points out Galen Hekhuis, who thus earns a happy wave of the stringy tail!)

safe haven (Another Schlappy Flick of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer, who thus moves back into a tie for first place!)

Save $10 off (A twitching flick of the Ratt Tail to the Lovely And Talented Mrs. Ratt!)

scheming machinations (Yet another hearty wave of the stringy tail to Dennis Thayer!)

Second-place runner-up

"The child has rights separately distinct from his father" - Kate O'Beirne, ca. 4/24/00, quoted in slate.msn.com.

simultaneously at the same time (Another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Diana Andrews, who heard this from a corpo-Ratt VP!)

select and choose, or pick and choose (Yet another Thwack of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer, who heard this on the ALCS Series broadcast!)

I am single, & I am NOT married. (Another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer!)

any single one port (a McDonnell-Douglas spokesman, quoted on…you guessed it…NPR Radio!)

sit down (A Happy Flick of the Stringy Tail to Steve Green!)

a skilled virtuoso (heard from a caller on Talk of the Nation)

So, as a result/So, consequently/So, therefore (A big-ol' Whoosh of the Stringy Tail to Rick Andrews!)

software program, and software code

She had been stabbed to death repeatedly. (Thanx to Dennis Thayer for this, which, though not a true Redun, is so stoopid that it must be reported. No Happy Waggle of the Stringy Tail, but our sincere gRattitude!)

stand up (A Happy Flick of the Stringy Tail to Steve Green!)

"He started it first!" — the call of the Red-handed Playgrounder, most often issued while in Purple-faced display.

Stupid idiot (A Happy Twitch of the Stringy Tail to the Lovely & Talented Mrs. Ratt!)

submerged under water

subtle nuances (Yet Another Happy Wag of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice!)

suchlike

Sufficient Enough (Another Happy Wiggle of the Ratt Tail to Caroline Muir!)

Sum Total

"The two drugs (used in fen-phen) had a symbiotic effect when used together" (heard on NPR Radio)

technical advances in technology (and yet Another Swoosh of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice, the first Redun-Man to submit his 40th!)

tempting temptress (Yet Another Schlappy Flick of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer, who heard this in an ad for Hill's Dept. Store!)

There are several acronyms in the physical sciences, such as TGA, which stands for ThermoGravimetric Analysis. This lends itself smoothly to TGA Analysis.

Time clock

Time Deadline

Tip top (A big-ol' Swoosh of the Stringy Tail to Stephen Kromer for this!)

True Facts (And Yet Another Happy Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice!)

Top Ten Best / Top Ten Biggest / (and etc.)

totalitarian dictatorships (spoken by Jesse Helms at his UN meeting)

"What they fear is toxic pollution" (heard on NPR Radio!)

Tuna Fish (A big-ol' Whoosh of the Stringy Tail to Rick Andrews!)

From the Prince Song, "1999" a line is "...Two thousand zero zero..." referring to the year 2000 (Yet Another Shake of the Ratt Tail to Rick Andrews, who clearly has a lot of time on his hands!)

underage minor (Yet Another Swoosh of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice, quoting C-Span!)

underground subterranean (Yet another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer, who heard this on 20/20!)

unnamed anonymous source (Yet another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer, who heard this'n on 20/20 or 60 Minutes!)

an unexpected surprise (Another Swish of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice!)

United Auto Workers Union

Unique in its own way (Another Happy Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice!)

universal health care for all

Unsolved mystery (Two Twitches of the Stringy Tail to Steve Green!)

upward price climb (heard on NPR Radio)

urinalysis test (Yet Another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Dennis Thayer, who heard this on ABC Noose, 1/27/2000!)

"I propose that we use a little over 11% of the surplus to establish Universal Savings Accounts -- U.S.A. Accounts -- to give all  Americans the means to save." -- Our embattled former Prez, during the State of the Union address. (If you didn't notice this one, your Redun Credentials are suspect.)

used antiques (Another Wave of the Stringy Tail to Steve Green!) (Okay, I can conceive of an unused antique, like those Barbie Dolls that are still in their shrinkwrap [¿what kind of weirdo would do that, anyway?]; in the main, however, this constitutes a redun. By the BTW, this is actually part of a sign Steve reports seeing; it says "New and Used Antiques." Steve wonders, "What in the world is a ‘new antique?'")

various and sundry (A hearty Shake of the Ratt Tail to Jim Cavo!)

Various other miscellaneous matters (Still Another Happy Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice!)

VCR Plus+ (VCR Plus Plus) (A Schlappy Flick of the Stringy Tail to Mitch!)
Ooops! E. Michael Johnson submits the following:
"Although VCR Plus Plus is often misused, it was not intended to be a redundancy.  VCR Plus Plus is actually a different product from VCR Plus.  VCR Plus Plus allows you to record AND change the channel on your cable box.  In other words, you can, for example, record Channel 4 from 7:00 to 8:00, and then record Channel 5 from 8:00 to 9:00, without human intervention.  Apparently, I'm one of only a few in the world who like this feature, since the stand-alone VCR Plus Plus is no longer sold, and manufacturers seem unwilling to advertise the distinction.  Just so you know I'm not making this up, you can check out: http://pages.prodigy.com/ancasa/vcr1.htm."
Okay, okay. I have no idea what he's talking about here; I'll take EMJ at his word.

"We depend on the Visitor Tourism Industry" (A Santa Monica, CA, official, heard on NPR Radio)

vocal and vociferous (Yet another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice!)

Voting Ballot (seen on NPR Radio's website!)

what people are watching right in front of their eyes (Another Happy Waggle of the Stringy Tail to the Lovely & Talented Mrs. Ratt!)

white Anglos (and yet Another Swoosh of the Stringy Tail to Kevin Tice, who heard this on C-Span!)

White Caucasian (Another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Heather Glasgow!)

White WASP (White White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) (Yet another hearty wiggle of the stringy tail to Dennis Thayer, who heard this one about 25 minutes after "scheming machinations!")

Water fountain (Another Waggle of the Stringy Tail to Steve Green!)

Whether or not (insert conditional phrase here) or not... (Another Twitch of the Stringy Tail to Paul Skoczylas!)

with au jus (Another Waggle of the Stringy Tail to Paul Skoczylas!)

The Dow industrials... (closed) within less than 3 points from the five-digit threshold (Another Wag of the Skinny Tail to the ever-vigilant Paul Skoczylas, who found this on the CNN News website!)

not worth it enough (Another Thwack of the Stringy Tail to Caroline Muir!)

Wrack and Ruin (Let's all wag our tails to Caroline Muir for this one!)

young of age

young youths (heard 5/12 at 7 AM in the morning on that reliable standby, NPR Radio!)

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