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A peeve

Much like you shouldn’t call an ATM an ATM Machine (because that makes it an Automatic Teller Machine Machine), you shouldn’t call it a BUG Gun either. Unless it maybe is the backup gun to your backup gun.

And don’t get me started on VIN Number or PIN Number.

23 Responses to “A peeve”

  1. Tango Says:

    But wouldn’t that be Backup BUG?

  2. SayUncle Says:

    i said ‘maybe’.

  3. MyGunCulture Says:

    Pet Peeve: “Do you want that with Au Jus?”

  4. John Smith. Says:

    I look at backup guns differently. I carry a 1911 colt as a primary and a pre 1985 taurus .357 magnum with a 6 inch barrel as backup… If the 1911 cannot handle the situation the taurus sure can. I do not believe in carrying less power as a backup. Of course I weigh 260 so carrying is not a problem…

  5. TomcatTCH Says:

    maybe it just reinforces the point?

  6. bluesun Says:

    What about FedEx Express?

  7. Tasso Rampante Says:

    ATM and BUG require disambiguation.

  8. Mike Says:

    Hot water heater. If it’s hot, why does it need heating?

  9. Breda Says:

    I knew Mike would comment with that.

  10. Gunmart Says:

    “Arms maker for responsible citizens”

  11. jdruse Says:

    I heard a band once called “The Los Hermanos Brothers”. They advertised themselves as available for all your weddings, bar-mitzvahs or acquittals. JD

  12. Caleb Says:

    You know, I’ve been calling them “BUG Guns” for so long that I never even thought of that. Now that’s going to bug the shit out of me.

  13. Magus Says:

    From the Department of Redundancy Department not to be confused with the Branch Of Awkward Wording Branch

    Also see 200 Common Redundancies

  14. Bubblehead Les Says:

    So if one had a BUG Gun for one’s BUG Out Bag (since Bugging- in- Place is not Bugging at all), then one would be using a BUG in a BUG Bag? But wouldn’t that make a BUG Bag a Holster? So how many days worth of Emergency Gear could one put in a BUG Holster?

    My brain hurts.

  15. Link P Says:

    My dad defined ATM Machine as Any Time Money Machine because he didn’t like the redundancy either. For that, I posthumously award him a coveted Marvel no-prize.

  16. Bubblehead Les Says:

    Just remembered: There is an English word that can be used multiple times in the same sentence w/o being redundant. I’ll clean it up in case there are any children in the room.

    “Frack it! The Fracking Frackers is Fracking well Fracked!”

    I’ll leave it to the English Majors to do the sentence conjugation.

  17. Mike Says:

    “Let me unloosen this bolt.”

    “You mean you’re going to tighten it?”

    “No, I’m going to unloosen it.”

    “???????”

  18. Tasso Rampante Says:

    Unloose is proper English going back to the 14th century, and is used 3 times in the King James Version.

  19. Rick Says:

    “…used three times in the King James version…”

    Well, Hell then…

  20. MJM Says:

    Well, hasn’t this raised “a whole nuther” bunch of things to laugh about.

  21. Captain Holly Says:

    My pet peeve is “HIV virus”, which is “Human Immunodeficiency Virus virus”. A virus for a virus? Sounds like something that would actually cure the disease.

  22. mariner Says:

    When you’re not carrying it, is your backup gun snug as a BUG in a rug?

  23. CTone Says:

    Dang! Beaten to the “hot water heater.” To drown my sorrow, I’ll run out and buy a cabriolet convertable.

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