Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> I'm 97% sure you'll be able to answer this...
> 
> You know when somebody says something like "the TCP protocol", but the P 
> already stands for "protocol", so they're really saying "the 
> transmission control protocol protocol"... annoying, isn't it?... is 
> there a name for that particular mistake?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAS_syndrome

Otherwise described as a rhetorical tautology or pleonasm.

Apparently.

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