TASE

PRONUNCIATION: (tayz)

MEANING: verb tr.: To incapacitate or subdue by delivering an electric shock using a stun gun.

ETYMOLOGY: Back-formation from Taser, a trademark for a stun gun. It was invented by Jack Cover and named TSER, for Tom Swift’s Electric Rifle, inspired by the novel Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle (1911). Earliest documented use: 1991.
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STASE - the bones that stiffen a corset

IT-ASE - the enzyme that digests it

TALSE - The answer to a paradox, like "I always lie!" (How do you like that, Schroedinger!)