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Provide a link to Stallman using that term then please? Otherwise, I'm calling nonsense. I'd be 95+% sure you're making that up, or confused in this case.

• cedilla 2y ago
  He's not using "computard" but he loves to undermine his credibility by talking about the "Amazon Swindle" and such.
  • sourcepluck 2y ago
    Ok, so, the thing I was replying to was just someone claiming false things as I imagined. Glad we cleared it up.
    • cedilla 2y ago
      No, you just misunderstood what OP meant by "this". They meant using portmanteau neologisms, and you thought they meant that specific portmanteau. No need to be nasty about it.
      • TazeTSchnitzel 2y ago
        Yes, I meant his practice of coming up with silly nicknames for things he dislikes, not that he used this one specifically.
      • sourcepluck 2y ago
        I didn't mean to be nasty - I was, apparently, misunderstanding OP's original message. In my defense, the causal link between these three things: 1. Person A in their blog appears to be using a weird portmanteau, "computard" 2. "Some famous people like Stallman do this" (referring to portmanteaus, and making up words, in general, and not the specific portmanteau person A used) 3. "People" maybe don't perceive that positively (making up portmanteaus..?) is more than a bit hard to follow. Anyway, I thought an obviously false claim was being made, but if it's just a few loose amalgamations and people brandishing their opinions about, well that's fine, it is the internet, after all.