Is there a word for when a compound word has two components that mean basically the same thing ie "puppydog" or "sodapop"
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in reply to @ChickenHat's post:
probably affirmative compound or something like that
also sodapop is rly funny to use as an example cus that's the original name, and "soda" and "pop" to refer to the stuff is two independent shortenings that got popular in different areas, but soda's already a word (for "fizzy" or "abrasive" colloquially, from the Sodium of Sodium Carbonate and Sodium Bicarbonate)
So, the antonym of "oxymoron"? It seems "pleonasm" might be a good fit.
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