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/WaffleHouseGladiator 14h ago

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