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LAPSUS, likely from russian: "ляпсус" translated as Blunder
by Trias11 5y ago
LAPSUS, likely from russian: "ляпсус" translated as Blunder
- thematrixturtle 5y agoIt's originally Latin, and hence borrowed into lots of European languages including English (lapse). https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lapsus#Latin https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lapsus#Latin
- tuwtuwtuwtuw 5y agoLapsus is from latin. And yes, it could mean blunder. But apart from being Latin the word is used in the English language as well. So why would it be "likely from Russian"?
- phone8675309 5y agoBecause you can't talk about organized cybersecurity breaches of American corporations without someone blaming it on Russia because they drank the Kool Aid that only state-sponsored organizations have the skills to beat corporate cybersecurity drones.
- bencollier49 5y agoAre there any other modern languages where the transliteration is literally "lapsus"? Genuine question. I mean, doesn't prove anything. If they're smart they'd use the wrong language for their name. Or a double bluff...
- gruturo 5y agoYes, in Italian we just use the latin word untranslated, as-is. "Oh, that 2021 date on yesterday's email? Sorry that was a lapsus" (but in Italian)
- ivanche 5y agoYup, for sure Serbian and Croatian.
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- rcMgD2BwE72F 5y agoFrench, too.
- carstenhag 5y agoYep, in spanish you also say "lapsus". In school we mostly jokingly used it though.
- lapsis_beeftech 5y agoLapsus in German and Swedish.
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