language misuse (Was:LASER scope )

I refuse to voluntarily contribute to any further bastardization of the technical language. Just because the great un-washed call it a laser or radar doesn't mean it is technically correct. Why not just abolish capitalizing acronyms all together ? I cringe when I hear idiots on commercials talking about RPMs or MPGs as if you can pluralize them. What is next, pressure in Inches Per Seconds ? Society as a whole is ignorant enough without furthering the cause. And yes a car has an internal combustion engine, not a motor. As a technical group we should help preserve technical correctness ( not political correctness ). We the folks that have been around ( some of us almost from the beginning ) have an obligation to not only preserve vintage hardware and software for the next generations but also to preserve the correct verbiage that describes it. Baud should mean baud and nothing else. I understand that language can change over time ( I can't say I'm having a gay time anymore ) but I won't let the language get trashed by people that don't know any better. And why is it that I can have a mailbox with one letter or a whole bunch and it is still called mail, but if it is in my Inbox it is called Emails ? I'm starting to sound like Andy Rooney, must be time to get if the soap box....