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20080226 Tuesday February 26, 2008
The Department of Redundancy Department Humor

Redundant phrases like "ATM Machine" any "PIN Number" have annoyed literalists like myself for decades now.  Most people are so oblivious to them that I can sarcastically use phrases like "automatic ATM machine" or "personal PIN number" and they won't even flinch.

When several new redundant phrases started cropping up here at Sun I wanted to name them.  Irony demanded that the term also be a redundant phrase using a three letter acronym (TLA).  After a minute of thinking I realized that this meme was so old that there must already be a term for it.

Wikipedia to the rescue!

There is a term: RAS Syndrome: Redundant Acronym Syndrome Syndrome

Also popular is PNS Syndrome, PIN Number Syndrome Syndrome (which is actually Personal Identification Number Number Syndrome Syndrome).

The Wikipedia article lists some good examples, as do fun-with-words.com. and nanday.com.

Anyway...

Here are the PNSs floating around Sun these days:

  • ORI Index (Operational Risk Index)
  • BAR Report (Baseline Analysis Report)
  • SOA Account (Sun Online Account)

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