Etymology

RAS syndrome

Today it means: Redundant acronym syndrome syndrome, a tautology in which one or more words that make up an acronym or initialism are used redundantly in conjunction with said abbreviation. Full definition →

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The story

Coined by science magazine New Scientist in 2001.

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