sudden impulse, impulse
Redundancies are words that unnecessarily repeat information. Because an impulse is a spontaneous act, the modifier sudden in the familiar expression sudden impulse is redundant.
- Francine had an impulse (not a sudden impulse) to toss the computer out the window and take the rest of the day off.
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