The kill/yank names rub me the wrong way because where "cut and paste" suggest X-acto knives and glue sticks to me, that is, editing text on paper, there's no m

The kill/yank names rub me the wrong way because where "cut and paste" suggest X-acto knives and glue sticks to me, that is, editing text on paper, there's no metaphoric grouping between "kill" and "yank". It also makes expressing the act of copying awkward. Copying is called "kill-ring-save", which is a kind of terse "kill-it-but-don't-actually-kill- it-just-copy-it-as-if-you-did". It further breaks down any metaphoric concept tying them together. I'm not arguing that "copy/cut/paste" are better terms because they're already used by most people, but rather because they collectively express the operations in terms of an existing, analogous, and likely familiar idea. (I think the "ring" part of it is perfect, though.)