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[–] brachypelmasmithi@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Haven't ever heard it in English either, but it's very common in Polish. In Polish LED can even become a proper adjective, e.g. "światło ledowe" (LED light), with the initialism even losing capitalisation