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by htag 1129 days ago
The A in COLA is adjustments. COLA Adjustments is like SQL Language or ATM Machine.
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Examples of Redundant Acronym Syndrome (RAS) [1] or PIN Number Syndrome (PNS), which linguists don't fret over since it apparently serves a modest disambiguation and/or emphasis function in human language. It would be fascinating to find out the comparative prevalence in between different languages, but my Google-fu failed me.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAS_syndrome

This is why I like to say SQ Language and and AT Machine.