![TIL that "TASER" is an acronym for “Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle", a fictional device from a scifi book series written in the early 1900's. : r/todayilearned TIL that "TASER" is an acronym for “Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle", a fictional device from a scifi book series written in the early 1900's. : r/todayilearned](https://external-preview.redd.it/oeF6B-WgqbiUe9TFNWzgCgdHgaWILNJaNsInwMbzYX0.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=68574d859d3223f532de71d7b51215d3cca9b1f0)
TIL that "TASER" is an acronym for “Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle", a fictional device from a scifi book series written in the early 1900's. : r/todayilearned
![All Acronyms on X: "https://t.co/o12lNckBdY TASER is a handheld device that incapacitates a person by transmitting a 50,000-volt electric shock. #Acronyms #Abbreviations #learningEnglish #englishOnline #TASER https://t.co/zJJMA3mLNA" / X All Acronyms on X: "https://t.co/o12lNckBdY TASER is a handheld device that incapacitates a person by transmitting a 50,000-volt electric shock. #Acronyms #Abbreviations #learningEnglish #englishOnline #TASER https://t.co/zJJMA3mLNA" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GBPKP4ZW4AAGHuF.jpg)
All Acronyms on X: "https://t.co/o12lNckBdY TASER is a handheld device that incapacitates a person by transmitting a 50,000-volt electric shock. #Acronyms #Abbreviations #learningEnglish #englishOnline #TASER https://t.co/zJJMA3mLNA" / X
All Acronyms - The inventor named his weapon after a science fiction novel from his childhood called “Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle.” To name the weapon, Jack Cover took the initials
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