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		wazdra 23 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GameStop makes $55.5B takeover offer for eBay A tautology is a sentence vacuously true. This is called a pleonasm.

gizajob 23 days ago | [–]

Was about to post the same thing. It is indeed the under-appreciated pleonasm rather than a tautology.

darkwater 23 days ago | [–]

Yes, mixed the two. Point stands though.

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