Quote Originally Posted by Proletariat
Isn't tautological when you have an expression like, 'I wouldn't pay a red cent for that car' because saying 'I would pay a red cent for that car' makes no sense?

I thought it had to do with logic only working in one direction, not really redundancies. Any linguists around to weigh in?

*wallows*

Edit: Eh, I answered my own question already. Shoulda just googled it in the first place.

*wallows on*
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition, 2000:

Tau·tol·o·gy: 1a. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy. b. An instance of such repetition.

*wallows in gratuitous redundancy *