RAS syndrome. RAS syndrome is when someone repeats a part of an acronym after using the acronym, such as ATM machine.

RAS syndrome (uncountable) (lexicography, humorous) 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. See also . Department of Redundancy Department; pleonasm; recursive acronym; References

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jump to: navigation, search. RAS 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. The term "RAS syndrome" itself is an example of ...