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    [Noun]  | "re*dun*dan*cy" | \ ri-ˈdən-dən(t)-sē \


    1: the quality or state of being redundant : superfluity

    2: the use of redundant components; also : such components

    3: dismissal from a job especially by layoff


    Origin: 1601 ;

    [Noun]  | "redundancy" 


    1: the use of too many words to express an idea;


      * e.g., " ... even though the phrase free gift is a redundancy, many retailers still use it to assure customers that an item is really free "





    2: the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed;


      * e.g., " ... there's a redundancy of high-priced restaurants in the area "



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    3: the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarily;


      * e.g., " ... several dozen employees at the London office were lost to redundancy "



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     [ "redundancy" ]

    1: A set of words in common usage that includes a needless modifier. Not to be confused with an oxymoron (where two terms of the same phrase literally contradict each other) or euphamism (a phrase used to change the emotional charge of a a word or phrase).

      * e.g.,  ... Examples of actual redundancies: 

     [ "redundancy" ]

    1:  A reference to a woman hot is both hot (attractive) and Asian. Slang used on an east coast audio podcast show, The Jone Dome, to refer to an Asian woman who is attractive. Derived on the basis that Asian women are generally attractive, so a hot Asian is a redundancy. See also, half-a-redundancy which refers to a woman that is either hot or Asian, not both.

      * e.g.,  ... Ex.1: Lucy Liu is a total redundancy. Ex.2: Let's go down to Chinatown and scope out some redundancies. Ex3. Yeah, she's hot, but half-a-redundancy 

     [ "redundancy" ]

    1: 1/ a good amount of money

      * e.g.,  ... Shortly after being made redudand, she married him 


     [ "redundancy" ]

    2: 2/ the best way to make a move in your career


     [ "redundancy" ]

    3: 3/ it is a petty that I have to go just when this co. make me absolutly loved it

     [ "redundant" ]

    1: Excessive, unnecessary, superfluous (exceeding what is necessary). Perhaps the opposite of oxymoronic (a juxtaposition of two seemingly contradictory meanings).

      * e.g.,  ... Just a few redundant phrases: ATM Machine ("Automatic Teller Machine Machine") 

     [ "redundant" ]

    1: see "redundant"

     [ "redundant" ]

    1: extra, not needed.

      * e.g.,  ... His definition for 'common sense' was a bit redundant. 

     [ "redunditis" ]

    1: A chronic deficiency of employment prospects in your current job, resulting in heightened levels of not giving a fuck and responding to everything with extra spice and / or snippines

      * e.g.,  ... Poor Ben has got a severe case of redunditis....you should have seen his email response to Jennifer. He's being a real cunt to everyone lately 

     [ "redundant" ]

    1: needlessly repetitive

      * e.g.,  ... Those queers are gay. 

     [ "Redundant" ]

    1: Adj.- Repeated over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again, degrading your mental capacity until it resembles a piece of shit.

      * e.g.,  ... WARNING: Hearing redundant phrases may make your brain feel as useless as an ashtray on a crotch rocket. 

     [ "redundant" ]

    1: syn. superfluous

      * e.g.,  ... 18 nearly identical definitions of the same stupid, not all that funny word -- teabag.  

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