The Phoblographer Answers: What Do the MM on a Lens Mean and Stand for?

If you're into photography, you most likely know the answer to the question "What do the mm on a lens stand for?" But for the uninitiated and for lots of Americans who don't know the metric system or what millimeters are, it can be pretty confusing. I mean, we can understand that eight inches is larger than two inches, right? So bigger, must mean better, right? No, not exactly and that couldn't be further from the truth.