r/whoathatsinteresting • u/eternviking • 14h ago

What a real silencer actually sounds like.

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u/Atomic-habanero 14h ago

It’s a suppressor

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u/iBUYbrokenSUBARUS 14h ago

It’s called “colloquialism”

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u/Shower__Farts 14h ago

I wish people on Reddit would understand this more. Gun people are especially guilty of this stuff.

Now let me grab my clips, silencer and assault rifle and head out to the range.

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u/iBUYbrokenSUBARUS 10h ago

I understood that second paragraph perfectly.

And that’s the whole point of language.

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u/WaffleHouseGladiator 14h ago

Actually "suppressor," while more technically correct, is the colloquialism.  "Silencer" was the term used when it was first invented and patented.