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To: Leroy S. Mort

The word is slang to begin with, so neither spelling is 'correct'. The military uses the term to turn the word 'laser' into a verb.


54 posted on 09/28/2004 8:24:43 PM PDT by ableChair
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To: ableChair
The word is slang to begin with, so neither spelling is 'correct'

Not to pick nits, but "lase" certainly is a word. It's in the dictionary.

lase
intr.v. lased, las·ing, las·es

To function as a laser; emit coherent radiation by the action of a laser.

66 posted on 09/28/2004 8:27:56 PM PDT by Leroy S. Mort ("Don't look at Kerry straight on. Only glance askance lest he suck the life right out of you.")
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To: ableChair
"The word is slang to begin with..."

Wrong. It's an acronym: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.
131 posted on 09/28/2004 9:01:33 PM PDT by RightOnTheLeftCoast (You're it)
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