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Saying you wouldn't go through the "porno scanner" makes you sound weird, and doesn't always convey what what you might want it to mean. I fly regularly throug
by johngalt 16y ago
Saying you wouldn't go through the "porno scanner" makes you sound weird, and doesn't always convey what what you might want it to mean.
I fly regularly through two of the first airports to test these out. The name that's stuck is the XXX-ray. Pronounced "triple-X-ray". It rolls off the tongue pretty easily in conversation too.
"Hey John miss your flight?"
"Yeah I got held up at security because I wouldn't go through the triple-X-ray"
- danilocampos 16y agoOoh, that's a good one too. Now I'm torn. Whatever we land on culturally with these things, it's important to codify their idiocy right in their common name. Language has power.