Originally Posted by
eskachig
Is "naked scanner" better, as it's certainly more descriptive of what the scanner does than "body scanner", and not as inflammatory as some terms you posted?
Naked scanner is the common term in Germany, including in the mainstream media. See discussion about terminology on this thread
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...about-nos.html
Originally Posted by
RadioGirl
I don't really read German, but it appears the newspaper called them "Nudescanner" (Nacktscanner) and "body scanner" (Körperscanner). Do you know if the German government or airport officials use these terms as well?
The first is more the slang or common term, the second the more official term. But the as to the term Nacktscanner many major news sources such as Der Spiegel, Taggesschau as two examples use it.
Der Ganzkörperscanner Rapiscan Secure 1000 is essentially the Whole Body Scanner Rapiscan Secure 1000 which is the WBI in shortform in English.