Tautophrase
A tautophrase is a phrase or sentence that tautologically defines a term by repeating that term. The word was coined in 2006 by William Safire in The New York Times.
Examples include:
- "Brexit means Brexit"
- "Tomorrow is tomorrow"
- "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose"
- "It is what it is"
- "If it works, it works"
- "Boys will be boys"
- "A horse is a horse, of course, of course," the opening words of the Mister Ed theme song.
- "A win is a win"
- "A la guerre comme à la guerre" — A French phrase literally meaning "at war as at war", and figuratively roughly equivalent to the English phrase "All's fair in love and war"Qué será, será or Che será, será — English loan from Spanish and Italian respectively, meaning "Whatever will be, will be."
- "Call a spade a spade"
- "What will be, will be"
- "Game is game"
- "What's common is common."
- "When I fool around, I don't fool around."
- "A hole is a hole."