I'm well aware of how DrRacket works; nonetheless, telling a newbie to type "lambda" will lead to typing, and telling them to type a lambda will lead to griping

I'm well aware of how DrRacket works; nonetheless, telling a newbie to type "lambda" will lead to typing, and telling them to type a lambda will lead to griping. Also, the difficulty of typing lambdas also means that writing blogs about code, or documents, or emails, will require even more pain.