taser
The origin and history of taser.
Etymology
Originally a trademark, coined in the early 1970s as the acronym TSER (later TASER) after the fictional "Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle"; the name has since become a generic term for any stun gun.
Class of 1970
taser first entered the language around 1970. Other words from the same year:
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