No. Sorry. My balls have been sucked up into my pelvis [circa. 2009]. Uncannily like plate tectonics. But I don't want to flaunt my physical geography prowess.
what type of expression is the phrase "The Big Friendly Giant"?
63% Pleonasm
0% Laconic
13% Oxymoron
25% Aphorism
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Pleonasm, a type of tautology, is the redundancy in linguistic expressions such as -black darkness- or -burning fire- which already imply one part of the expression by the other. Giants are already, by definition, big. Pleonasm can be a literary device to give emphasis or dramatic effect, sometimes reflects established usage such as -safe haven-, or can simply be an excess. Laconic refers to extreme brevity; an oxymoron is an apparent contradiction in terms (however, there is nothing inherently unfriendly about a giant); an aphorism is a pithy statement of a general truth.
