The meaning, explanation and definition of tautology

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Wednesday, 15 December 2010 20:19

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Stop making sense

I love this excerpt from Anu Garg's A Word a Day*:

"Whoever came up with the term action sports should get some kind of award trophy gong prize from the International Global World Tautology Foundation Institute Association."
Roger Cox; Four Seasons; The Scotsman (Edinburgh, Scotland); Aug 7, 2010.

tautology

PRONUNCIATION:
(taw-TOL-uh-jee)

MEANING:
noun:
1. Unnecessary repetition of an idea, especially in different words, for example, a good-looking beautiful woman.
2. In logic, a compound statement that is always true, irrespective of the value of its components, for example: Tomorrow either it will rain or not rain.

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