RAS Syndrome illustration: Redundant Acronym Syndrome shown with a person using their PIN Number in an ATM Machine

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   Stef Walter (stephaniewalter@front-end.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Mar-2024 17:46:13 JST Stef Walter

   What does a PIN Number and a PDF Format have in common? They both suffer from RAS Syndrome, also known as Redundant Acronym Syndrome. It’s when an acronym is followed by a word that is also part of the acronym, and there’s quite a couple of them.

   Full details and more examples on Sketchplanations: https://sketchplanations.com/ras-syndrome