I call this phenomenon "language skeuomorphism". See this comment I posted some time ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5056667 https://news.ycombinator.

I call this phenomenon "language skeuomorphism". See this comment I posted some time ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5056667 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5056667