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RAS syndrome 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. However, "RAS" stands for Redundant Acronym Syndrome; therefore, the full phrase yields "Redundant Acronym Syndrome syndrome" and is self-referencing in a comical manner. It also reflects an excessive use of TLAs (Three Letter Acronyms).
Meta has become colloquially used to refer, particularly in art, to something that is self-referential. Popularised by Douglas Hofstadter who wrote several books on himself and the subject of self-reference, often over 700 pages, is the subject of a comical six-word biography created by Randall Munroe, "I'm So Meta, Even This Acronym," the acronym of which forms "ISMETA" which would then complete the sentence. Meta Jokes are a popular form of humour.
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“Our intellect is not the most subtle, the most powerful, the most appropriate, instrument for revealing the truth. It is life that, little by little, example by example, permits us to see that what is most important to our heart, or to our mind, is learned not by reasoning but through other agencies. Then it is that the intellect, observing their superiority, abdicates its control to them upon reasoned grounds and agrees to become their collaborator and lackey.”
—Marcel Proust (1871–1922)