Redundancy, from the Greek

• Blast Noel and Pam's unnecessary words
• Using more words than necessary

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pleonasm \Ple"o*nasm\,, n. [L. pleonasmus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to be more than enough, to abound, fr.?, neut. of ?, more, compar. of ? much. See Full , a., and cf. Poly- , Plus .] (Rhet.) Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"redundancy in words," 1580s, from Late Latin pleonasmus , from Greek pleonasmos , from pleonazein "to be more than enough, to be superfluous," in grammatical use, "to add superfluously," from comb. form of pleon "more" (see pleio- ).

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Pleonasm (; , ) is the use of more words or parts of words than is necessary or sufficient for clear expression: examples are black darkness , burning fire , or people's democracy . Such redundancy is, by traditional rhetorical criteria , a manifestation ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable rhetoric English) redundancy in wording. 2 (context countable English) A phrase involving pleonasm, that is, a phrase in which one or more words are redundant as their meaning is expressed elsewhere in the phrase.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. using more words than necessary; "a tiny little child"