Tautology

__Tautology-__repitition of an idea in a different word, phrase, or sentence.

Mnemonic: Tautology is pronounced "tau-tau-logy", "tau" is said twice, ergo unnecessary repetition, ergo a tautology.

Song: Bon Jovi's "It's My Life" - “I want to live while I am alive”

Example: Jeremy was over exaggerating his success. If one is exaggerating, then one has already exceeded the limits of truth, to over exaggerate is to redundantly put that one has already exceeded the limit.

Anna Catherine Volk and Txomina Young