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As much as it seems like a trivial complaint... Would it really have been so arduous to type "method" instead of "meth", especially when the latter is a thing t
by jdmichal 12y ago
As much as it seems like a trivial complaint... Would it really have been so arduous to type "method" instead of "meth", especially when the latter is a thing that actually exists and has very negative connotations?
- seanmcdirmid 12y agoThe usual solution is to use "def"
- anon4 12y agoThat sounds like "deaf" and has negative connotations, too. Same with "fun" (you're here to work, not goof off), "private" (you're not allowed to talk about genitalia at the workplace), "do" (a metaphor for sex, nsfw), "unix" (eunuchs), "bsd" (bondage, sadomasochism, domination), "curve" (whore in several languages), "fsck", "mount", "touch", "kill" (very negative connotations here)... and so on. I'm certain that nearly all one-syllable pronouncable words in English have some sort of "bad" meaning, but people are perfectly capable of keeping in mind what context they're used in, so we don't snicker each time we write "private int size;" in a class definition.
- tormeh 12y agoFunniest thing I've read in a while.
- JadeNB 12y ago> I'm certain that nearly all one-syllable pronouncable words in English have some sort of "bad" meaning Yes! (Narrowly edging out 'this', because I don't want to do, uh, that.)
- Flow 12y agoWhat dirty associations can you make out of "proc" or even "procedure"?
- dagw 12y agoproc is basically the Greek proktos as in proctology as in anus. Now we have just made an association to anuses and proctology procedures and I'll let you take from here.
- lostcolony 12y agoSorry, I can't reference fsck without thinking of it as a combination of two words.
- JAldrichCMU 12y agoYeah, we realized the "meth" connotations and followed this solution--but only after our first paper!