bound/headed

You people and your redundancies. I told you we had a ton of these to cover. Here's another good one.

How many times have you said, "I'm headed southbound on the freeway right now"? I'm guessing probably about a bazillion. Well, knock it off.

The word "bound" indicates you're headed in a specific direction and vice versa. If you're headed north, then you're northbound.

What you want to say is either you're headed north or you're northbound. That's sufficient. I don't know why people think extra words and/or syllables make their points so much clearer. It's maddening.

I'll give you another redundancy in a couple days since I know you like them so much. You must like them. You use them all the time.