Redundant Acronym Syndrome Syndrome. It's the phenomenon of using acronyms to describe a noun, when the noun is itself already in the acronym. A short list is included below.
ATM Machine (Automatic Teller Machine Machine), PIN Number (Personal Identification Number Number), RAID Array (Redundant Array of Independent Disks Array), AC/DC Current (Alternating Current/Direct Current Current), LAN Network (Local Area Network Network), RPG Game (Role Playing Game Game), ISBN Number (International Standard Book Number Number), HIV Virus (Human Immunodeficiency Virus Virus), and RAS Syndrome itself (Redundant Acronym Syndrome Syndrome).
by The Kitchen Sink March 14, 2009
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Sally: I don't belong here. Everyone else seems to know what's going on except me!
A few other classmates: Don't worry we don't quite understand the material either. Maybe you are just going through imposter syndrome.
A few other classmates: Don't worry we don't quite understand the material either. Maybe you are just going through imposter syndrome.
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When a girl or guy says nasty hurtful things to someone; but the person that is saying the nasty things really likes the person that he/she is bullying.
“Hey maybe that girl has the Helga Pataki Syndrome.”
“Hey maybe that girl has the Helga Pataki Syndrome.”
by boc277 January 6, 2008
Get the Helga Pataki Syndrome mug.1. When your picking/strumming arm gets noticeably larger from playing bass, or you get cuts/blisters/dimples on your hands from playing.
2. When one feels ignored, or as if they don't get enough credit, as bassists are often overlooked despite being a huge part in a bands sound, just like a guitarist/drummer/keyboardist/vocalist/etc.
2. When one feels ignored, or as if they don't get enough credit, as bassists are often overlooked despite being a huge part in a bands sound, just like a guitarist/drummer/keyboardist/vocalist/etc.
by Nekoyawai June 3, 2010
Get the Bassist Syndrome mug.When at an long encampment, normally a CAP one, this sydrome often develops in people. It causes normally average looking girls to become beautiful and very tapable by the end of a week.
Right when I got to Arlington, all these girls where icky, but now that I got Encampment Syndrome, all these girls are HOT!
by Strong Wiskey July 12, 2010
Get the Encampment Syndrome mug.a more serious case of a congenital disorder, causing intellectual impairment such as "feeding" or assisting the enemy lanes on a popular game called League of Legends, and gullible enough to believe anything.
Oh god I have the Neil Syndrome
Why are you losing every game!? Do you have the Neil Syndrome or something?
Why are you losing every game!? Do you have the Neil Syndrome or something?
by ExpertSyndrome July 5, 2014
Get the Neil Syndrome mug.Usally occurs in inbred individuals, symptoms include: long toes the size of a finger, yellow or green toes, the occasional black toe. Mostly seen in neotrix videos or the occasional foot pornography.
“Dude what’s wrong with your toes!?”
“I was just diagnosed with Alabama Syndrome”
“I knew you were inbred.”
“I was just diagnosed with Alabama Syndrome”
“I knew you were inbred.”
by kkkhloe July 23, 2018
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