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redundancies

acronymic
redundancies

–10° below zero
24x7x365
à la a cobra pose
à la carte menu
al fresco outdoor dining
American/Australian commoner
advance warning
and et cetera
anecdotal story
annual monsoon
anyone and everyone
argue/bicker back and forth
arson fire
assemble together
at the age of 32 years of age
audible gasp
banlieue suburb
bargain buy
beautiful/ugly to look at
body slammed to the floor
brainstorm together
breaking news
Broadway St/Blvd
build up to a crescendo
bureaucratic red tape
caldera of a volcano
captured alive
casserole dish
cat's meow
chai tea
chattel slavery
chicken coq au vin
Christian church
close proximity
collaborate together
collect together
collective zeitgeist
commingle/intermingle
completely abolished/destroyed
completely devoid/empty/finished
concertina razor wire
congregate together
covenant marriage
crisscross/rally back and forth
déjà vu all over again
demitasse cup
derailed from the track
diverse population of people
disenfranchised from voting
Dr Jane Smith, MD
drown/electrocute/hang/lynch
 to death
dummy placebo
each one
early pioneers
economic boycott/embargo
emergency mayday warning
end result
engaged to be married
epilog at the end of the book
eponymously named
an eternity in time
every single
eyesight
exclusive monopoly
Eyjafjallajokull glacier
false pretenses
fault line
fellow countryman
final destination/outcome
fired from his job
first and only
1st/2nd/3rd base bag
1st/2nd/3rd/4th down situation
fly through the air
first premiered in 2006
foot speed
for awhile
forward progress
foreboding about the future
from whence
frozen tundra
future plans
general public
goatee beard
grade level
grant award
graphic photos
the great El Rio Grande river
hajj pilgrimage
hanging pendant
happened in the past
harbinger of things to come
hazing ritual
high noon
hired mercenary
house husband
ice floe
idiomatic expression
inundated with water
integrate together

k-9 dog
lag behind
Latina woman
leave of absence
lesbian woman
letter in the mail
listing to one side
manna from heaven
manual dexterity
marinara sauce
married his wife
marry together
mass exodus
media hype
a minute/hour/day in time
most unique
mutual respect for each other
naan bread
narrow down
network together
new (or recent) initiative
new news
night owl
nod one's head
nostalgia for the past
notoriously famous
old by modern standards
on an equal par with
on a daily/weekly basis
one-under-par birdie
outdoor cookouts
past experience
personal friend
pie à la mode with ice cream
pink slip notice
placebo pill
plan ahead, plan in advance
play activity
pool together
Popocatépetl volcano
poultry bird
preexisting
previous experience
price point
prime rib with au jus
pumice stone
raging inferno
ramen noodles
random chance
rate of speed
raw sushi
raze to the ground
referendum vote
repaying your karma
retail store
revert back
Romany gypsy
rush hour time
self-fund one's own campaign
seventeen-year-old teenager
share in common
she/her, he/him, they/them
shiitake mushroom
short vignette
sight to see
smile/grimace on the face
soda pop
sombrero hat
spank on the bottom
split apart
staple item
street busker
submerged underwater
sufficient(ly) enough
tail end
tamari soy sauce
tare weight
taxicab
temper tantrum
three a.m. in the morning
today's soupe du jour
traffic or weather conditions
trail behind
tsunami wave
twelve midnight/noon
underbelly
undisclosed, secret location
universal panacea
unmanned (or pilotless) drone
unsolicited spam
up-or-down vote
uprising
upsurge/surge upward
vacillate/waver back and forth
vantage point
verbal contract
verbal tirade
wander/meander aimlessly
win-win for both parties
winner-take-all runoff

AAA auto club
ATV vehicle
CNN network
DNI director
DMZ zone
DNC/RNC convention
ERA amendment
GOP/PRI party
GPA average
HCV/HIV/HPV/RSV virus
HMO/NGO organization
ICU unit
IPO offering
NAFTA trade agreement
NPR radio
OPEC oil cartel
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PPE equipment
PSA announcement
PSA prostate test
PTA association
SAT test
SNAP/TARP program
VIP person

technological
acronymic
redundancies

ATM machine
CD/DVD disk
CFL/LED light bulb
DOS/MacOS/iOS operating system
DSL line
FTP, HTTP, TCP/IP protocol
GUI interface
high-speed TGV train
HTML/SQL language
ISP provider
LAN network
LCD display
NIC card
PDF/RTF format
PIN number
RAID array or disks
RAM memory
TAR archive


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