Tautological, the word

[saltwater]

I came accross this word while reading Kevin Baldeosingh today. I swear if I had heard anybody using this in a conversation I would think it was a Trini word made up with a Trini meaning, read that to mean "totological"
Anybody ever came accross this word or had to use it or have any concept of its meaning. I find the word is appropriate in the political board, and it also sounds like a good word for picong.
The word means repetition of an idea using differnt words but which does not clarify the idea, instead it just adds more confusion to the idea.

[SilverEagle]

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tautology

Main Entry: tau·tol·o·gy
Pronunciation: \tȯ-ˈtä-lə-jē\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural tau·tol·o·gies
Etymology: Late Latin tautologia, from Greek, from tautologos
Date: 1574
1 a : needless repetition of an idea, statement, or word b : an instance of tautology
2 : a tautologous statement



http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tautological

Main Entry: tau·to·log·i·cal
Pronunciation: \ˌtȯ-tə-ˈlä-ji-kəl\
Function: adjective
Date: 1620
: tautologous (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tautologous)
— tau·to·log·i·cal·ly \-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

[aprillove20]

- needless repetition of an idea, esp. in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force.