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My three favorite things are (in no particular order): redundancy, verbosity, and pleonasms.

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Now that that's out of the way, let's talk about words.

Raspberry syllables

When I was a teenager, I read about something called a raspberry syllable; it's when one of the roots for a word is never seen outside the word itself; for instance, the "rasp" in "raspberry:" where does it come from?

One of my favorite examples of raspberry syllables is "whelm:" we find ourselves "overwhelmed," or "underwhelmed" by certain people, works, or situations, but you never hear someone who is content say, "you know what, I'm feeling perfectly whelmed right now!"

The plurality of man('s vernacular)

Another interesting thing are words that are always plural: "pants," for instance. We put on a pair of pants, but what does a single, isolated pant look like? If I had to guess, I would say it's a single pantleg. Also, when's the last time you heard talk of a single politic? Can't remember? Thought so.

Oh, yeah, and there are also plural given names: James and Charles, what are you hiding? So you're telling me that there are more than one Jame or Charle? Speak up, I command you!

Gerunds

Lastly, what about words that end with "-ing" that are gerunds? So, if "flying" is the present tense form of the nominative "to fly," then what bring, ping, and sing? Ah yes, these are the classic gerund versions of the nomative "to br," "to p," and who can forget the iconic "to s?" So, "fled" is the past tense and "fling" is the present tense of "to fl," and on the same not, "Beijing" describes one who "Beijes" in the present moment.