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tautology

saying the same thing twice over in different words
Some people think this is an example of tautology:

It would be easy to find a blind man in a nudist colony because it wouldn't be hard.
by yorrick hunt January 22, 2008
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audrey tautou

a gorgeous French actress who stars in films like 'Amelie', L'auberge Espagnole' (English title: Pot Luck) and more recently 'the Da Vinci Code' (as Sophie Neveu). A really great actress who displays an impeccable and classic sense of style.
audrey tautou quotes:

"Everyone thinks I have an ethnic origin, and could be from North Africa or parts of Asia, or Italy and Spain. But, as far as I know, I'm 100-percent French."

"I show through my movies that I can do something else. But I always play strong-minded characters. I think it's maybe because I'm like that. I love being by myself."

"I wouldn't mind being in an American film for a laugh, but I certainly don't want to be in Thingy Blah Blah 3, if you know what I mean."
by yesiloveyou June 15, 2006
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Audrey Tautou

Actress. French. Possibly the cutest person in this or any other world. Has starred in several films, most notably Amelie.
Did you see Audrey Tautou huggin on nine_finger_slim? Either she's rollin', or he's packin.

Yeah, she's rollin'.
by nine_finger_slim June 29, 2005
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Tautilus

A woman, usually in her early 20s, who is gaining weight for the first time, causing her stomach area to expand. The freshly-grown skin is nowhere near the sagging stage yet; hence, it is stretched taut, and she has become a tautilus.
Look at that tautilus in the stained white tank top and pale blue sweatpants. Her stomach is almost like an extra feature to go along with her breasts and dumper.
by Bilkrik Herlop July 6, 2011
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tautology

True by definition, literally "saying the same". Pointlessly obvious. Additional words that add no meaning.
"Either we'll get in trouble, or we won't" is a logical tautology. By including all possibilities the statement must inherently be true.

In "PIN number" the word "number" is a tautology because a PIN is always a number. (At least that's what the N originally stood for — if the term PIN evolved to include letters someday then PIN number would no longer be a tautology.)

In "morning sunrise" the tautology is "morning" because sunrises are a subset of mornings; removing the first word removes no meaning. (The addition of "morning" may be aesthetically more pleasing, in a poem for example, but it remains a logical tautology.)
by Bob Stein October 23, 2008
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tautology

Tautology (n): that which is tautologous, a tautology.
Jack built a brick house out of bricks.
The filing cabinet had inertia, it wouldn't budge.
Go sit in the corner where the walls and floor meet, boy!
The tautologous tautology
by jengajam24 March 10, 2010
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tautvydas

A sexy human, with an amazing personality, who is funny, obnoxious, cute, and when you get to know the person you will fall in love with the guy. He is also perfect in every way shape and form.
God I love him like tautvydas!
by Kaunas213 December 21, 2013
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