Why...

[hawkida]

Why do people say "work colleague"? What other kinds of colleague are there? I never hear people refer to a [something else] colleague, but they do talk about "someone I'm running an event with" or "someone else on the committee" or similar. Why, then, do so many people tend to qualify the word "colleague" in what amounts to nothing but tautology?

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[serena-lesley.livejournal.com]

You'll need your PIN number.

[ceemage.livejournal.com]

Is this to pay for your ticket to the TUC Congress?

[serena-lesley.livejournal.com]

I'd actually prefer to catch something at the NEC centre.

[ceemage.livejournal.com]

Hmm, sounds like you have a bad case of RAS syndrome.

tautology

[sheridanwilde.livejournal.com]

Not just any PIN number - your personal PIN number.