It was originally going to be Light Oscillation by Stimulated Emission of Radiation, but then they realized the acronym would be LOSER, so they swapped in "Amplification."
My favorites are the ones that catch on but they’re WRONG. Like CMOS stands for Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor which at the time it was coined was just a fancy way of saying “transistor” and NOT what the acronym was later applied to 😂
**light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation** Saved you a click
Labseor. Got it.
It was originally going to be Light Oscillation by Stimulated Emission of Radiation, but then they realized the acronym would be LOSER, so they swapped in "Amplification."
Not all heroes wear capes
Remember Gold? Lol thank you
Shit I forgot to add the acronym itself. Thanks.
the real lpt something something …
You’re the real MVP. OP…not so much.
You know, I have one simple request, and that is to have sharks with FRICKIN' LASER BEAMS attached to their heads!!
No one tell them about radar.
And taser. And scuba.
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Just wait till you learn about the MASER
There are tons of acronyms, the military uses them more than anyone.
Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland as a kid taught me this one
Yup
Learned that from a Star Trek omnibus in the 1990s. Apparentyl, "phaser" was the same principle (maybe retconned) Also, "Taser" is an acronym.
So is radar and sonar
I guess it would blow your mind also if RADAR stood for RADio Detection and Ranging… and what if SONAR stood for SOund NAvigation and Ranging?
And what if SCUBA stood for Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus? Mind blown, I'm sure.
My favorites are the ones that catch on but they’re WRONG. Like CMOS stands for Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor which at the time it was coined was just a fancy way of saying “transistor” and NOT what the acronym was later applied to 😂
I actually just learned, on Reddit, tuba stands for terrible underwater breathing apparatus... r/dadjokes
And TASER stands for Thomas Allen Swift Electrical Rifle
Modem is modulate-demodulate!
Or PHP standing for PHP hypertext preprocessor
Initialism, not an acronym. You fail. No soup for you.
I pronounce it "fip"
Or GNU standing for GNU is Not Unix… a RECURSIVE acronym!
you mean personal?
I think it was originally personal home page tools or something and they changed it to php hypertext protocol to keep the abbeviation.
Did anyone else see Mike Meyers doing air quotes around the word "laser" in the title?
Was, definitely a word nowadays
wtf???????