pleonasms

[Duane Campbell]

On Fri, 15 Feb 2002 21:25:47 +0800 Laurence Horn
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> Picture Colonel Sanders armed with his EXTRA-CRISPY CHICKEN FRYER.
>
> It does not fry extra-crispy chicken, but it does fry chicken
> extra-crispy.

Isn't that a descriptive pseudo-pleonasm?  "This is the fryer that we use
to make the extra crispy, and this is the fryer we use to make original
recipe."

As opposed to, "This is the heater we use to make the water hot, and
tover here is the heater we use to make the water ... um ... hot."

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