Let's talk about this phenomenon when the whole room is full. The audience is rampaging and waiting for the artist, exhausted by the desire to see his idol. In other words, we are talking about a full house. This is what interests us today.
Origin
The harsh sound of the word betrays a “Russified German” in it. In fact, the way it is. Initially, the definition was German and meant "announcement, poster." In Russia, the word has been known since the end of the 19th century. At the very beginning of its existence in the language, it meant "an announcement posted in a public place." As you might guess, a “public place” was understood to mean any organization where a large or huge crowd of people was supposed — educational institutions, squares, and places of work. Now the meaning is different: the full house is an announcement that all tickets for the performance are sold out, that is, a full hall is expected.
Value
We are accustomed not only to give the reader the most complete information, but also to check with several dictionaries. Therefore, we will open for insurance also sensible (the previous one was etymological).
The following are written in the explanatory dictionary:
- Announcement that all tickets (for a performance, concert, performance) are sold.
- Successful performance in a full room.
- A major headline in a newspaper. This is a special term.
Nevertheless, the explanatory dictionary complements his colleague, because for many, it probably became a revelation that the noun considered today has a special meaning. But in general, all meanings are either well known or intuitive. In fairness, it must be said that a modern person for the most part means a full house under a full house, but somehow he does not think about tickets.
Full house - a rare word
So, a full hall is a full house. But not only this wonderful noun. It is also remarkable for the fact that it has practically no synonyms in one word. Only the replacement “headline” is selected (and even with difficulty), but we will not mislead the reader and deceive them. No, this is not our method. It’s better to honestly say that the word has no alternative. Another thing is that you can, of course, pick up defective replacements, for example:
- ad;
- poster;
- successful submission.
But all this is not entirely synonyms, but rather the definition of a word. Therefore, we probably need to come to terms with its uniqueness. For there are few such cases when it is impossible to pick up full-fledged replacements. By the way, if you want to know, the fate of the “full house” is shared by the noun “smile”. The latter can not pick up synonyms. Of course, there is a "grin", "grin", "grin." But, if the reader is fair, he admits that all similar nouns cannot replace the "smile", because they have a completely different emotional pole. This is not a sidetrack, but only an explanation. Next, let's talk about interesting and entertaining things for many.
Pleonasm and Noun
Let's start with the quarry. A full house is a lexical mistake, which is called pleonasm in a scientific language. First, we give examples, then explain, it will be easier to understand:
- stomp;
- gesticulate with your hands;
- own autobiography.
If the reader is attentive, he will say what pleonasm is. But we will explain anyway. Pleonasm is speech redundancy when one word duplicates the meaning of another. Knowing the definition, you can now easily apply it in practice. Consider our small list and get rid of excess. For example, you can’t stomp your hands, even if you really want to. At the same time, you can probably gesticulate with your feet, but this is almost a circus number, and in the language such redundancy is not welcome. And yes, an autobiography cannot be written for a person by anyone other than himself. Therefore, refinement in the form of a possessive pronoun is completely useless.
The full house is also a completely independent word and does not need adjectives. The "trick" of pleonasms is that their redundancy is not felt by most people, because this is a fairly common phenomenon. A common mistake does not cease to be a mistake. True, sometimes in fiction this is done with intent, but in everyday speech it is still better to take care of yourself.
So, we examined the meaning of the word "full house". We hope the reader has discovered something new.