Tautophrase
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tautophrase-164-16473784
title:
Tautophrase
text:
A tautophrase is a phrase or sentence that tautologically defines a term by repeating that term. The word was coined in 2006 by William Safire in The New York Times. Examples include:
- "Brexit means Brexit"
- "A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do"
- "It ain't over 'till it's over"
- "What's done is done"
- "Tomorrow is tomorrow"
- "A rose is a rose is a rose"
- "A man's a man for a' that"
- "Facts are facts"
- "Enough is enough"
- "Let bygones be bygones"
- "A deal is a
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Repetition of an idea in the same words
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tautophrase
date created:
2006-06-06T06:51:23Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T02:38:55Z
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