I'm Canadian so same thing, basically. The term is used by Rob Pike in the referred presentation and he's Canadian, but he's somewhat older than I am. I first n

I'm Canadian so same thing, basically. The term is used by Rob Pike in the referred presentation and he's Canadian, but he's somewhat older than I am. I first noticed the term used by an Australian coworker about a year ago and I also heard it on a Stephen Fry talk show - so yes to your theory.