Department of Redundancy Department

English 2019 April 13 Etymology A deliberately redundant term due to the repetition of en department. Pronunciation en /dɪˈpɑːtm(ə)nt əv ɹɪˈdʌnd(ə)nsi dɪˈpɑːtm(ə)nt/ RP en /dəˈpɑɹtmənt əv ɹɪˈdʌndən(t)si dəˈpɑɹtmənt/ GA en en-au-Department of Redundancy Department.ogg AU en De part ment of Re dun dan cy De part ment Proper noun 1 Department of Redundancy Department en humorous A fictitious department that is cited to draw attention to needless repetition or excessiveness. in print from 1970s en The How to Go to College Book Michael J. Gross 84 1979 Most writers can make the most startling advances in their writing simply by working to eliminate their Department of Redundancy Department. 5047864 Passage en w:Datamation Newton, Mass. Cahners Magazine 1985 31 100 1 0011-6963 38907675 It is a redundancy of information processing as well as other efforts. Redundancy can take many forms. Most commonly, it is two or more people or organizations doing similar work for similar purposes and producing (it is hoped) similar (redundant) results. The Department of Redundancy Department exists because a great many people are doing a great many similar things with identical but separate data. If the use of data were controlled, these people and things would be known. en w:Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education Champaign, Ill. University of Illinois Press for the Council for Research in Music Education 1989 79 699614701 Many students in graduate school make tongue-in-cheek comments about the redundancy contained in most dissertations: "If the sentence isn't in there three times, it's not important. … this dissertation resulted from a grant from the Department of Redundancy Department." Ellis's work is an excellent example of a paper written with every apparent attempt to avoid redundancy; it is concise, brief, definitely not wordy, and reports data on an important problem. en Ellen Sandbeck Laundry Organic Housekeeping: In Which the Non-toxic Avenger Shows You How to Improve Your Health and That of Your Family, while You Save Time, Money, and, Perhaps, Your Sanity New York, N.Y. Scribner 2006 225 https://books.google.com/books?id=AfvBaQaFtrcC&pg=PA225 978-0-7432-5620-9 A Message from the Department of Redundancy Department: There is almost nothing less efficient than having to do a job over again. en Steve Burton Rules of Engagement Staying Afloat: Three Years in Abu Dhabi Bloomington, Ind. w:iUniverse 2012 part 8 (Onward and Sideways—Vignettes) 152 https://books.google.com/books?id=oyX4Q2oYp4QC&pg=PA152 978-1-4759-3650-6 A driver's immersion certificate, my fictitious wallpaper diploma, is not a prerequisite to receive a UAE driver's license. But it should be. Likewise, basic driving coursework is not a requirement. But it should be. In my eccentric dreams, I suggested to the Driver Education Department, a subdepartment of the Department of Higher Complexity, or possibly the Department of Redundancy Department, that the following classes become mandatory: Course – Basic UAE Freeway Driving 1A en Robert Stetson Eternal Peace, at Last https://books.google.com/books?id=ZehOCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT220 The Beguilers: A Warning [Morrisville, N.C.] Lulu Press 2013 978-1-304-81412-8 Ernie and I are reassigned to the Department of Wellness Assurance and Reassessment Information, better known as the D.O.W.E.R.I. Department. I laugh and say, "Only the government can start and end the name of a department with the word 'department.'" Ernie says, "Yes, perhaps we should report the repetition problem to the Department of Redundancy Department." en John E. Purple The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) 4F: Finding Fenn’s Factory Foibles: A Working Boy’s Path to the Navy Victoria, B.C. FriesenPress 2015 part II (The U.S. Navy) 55 https://books.google.com/books?id=iM9wBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA55 978-1-4602-6317-4 I was part of the project selection team that met each year at the Office of Naval Research, to accept or reject funding requests. Of course, the projects that made it up to our top level had already been triaged by lower sponsoring commands. One of the briefers was a real comedian, introducing himself as from the Department of Redundancy Department—a phrase I am fond of quoting in my own talks since then. Alternative forms en DRD initialism Translations fictitious department cited to draw attention to needless repetition or excessiveness Polish: pl wydział powtórzeń i redundancji m-in See also en RAS syndrome Category:English pleonastic compounds