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01 Jun 13
Bjoern StierandRAS syndrome (short for "redundant acronym syndrome syndrome"), also known as PNS syndrome ("PIN number syndrome syndrome", which expands to "personal identification number number syndrome syndrome") or RAP phrases ("redundant acronym phrase phras...
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lucifier yaRT @localhost_8080: RAS综合症（Redundant Acronym Syndrome Syndrome，冗余缩写综合症综合症），指冗余使用缩写中已存在单词的病症，常见病例有ATM机、CSS样式表、PIN码等。 http://goo.gl/xQe8 / ...
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23 Jul 10
Robert MartinezRAS syndrome stands for redundant acronym syndrome syndrome and refers to the redundant use of one or more of the words that make up an acronym or initialism with the abbreviation itself, thus in effect repeating one or more words. Usage commentators cons
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23 Aug 08
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The term "RAS syndrome" was coined in 2001 by the New Scientist magazine.[1] The term "PNS syndrome" (which expands to "PIN Number Syndrome syndrome," and further to "Personal Identification Number number syndrome syndrome") was coined by Usenet users,[2] and in fact pre-dates the coining of "RAS Syndrome".[3]
Other nonce coinages continue to arise. The terms themselves are occasionally referred to as "RAP phrases" ("Redundant Acronym Phrases phrases").[4] Some examples of RAP phrases include "ATM machine" (Automated Teller Machine machine), "HIV virus" (Human Immunodeficiency Virus virus), PIN number (Personal Identification Number number) and "ISBN number" (International Standard Book Number number").
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