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What Rect is not the shortened of Rectangle?

• thaumasiotes 12y ago
  > I can’t understand if programmers can view Rect as Rectangle, why others can’t? Programmers use an abbreviated version of the word in contexts where it's common. This phenomenon is pervasive in English; if a long word gets used too frequently within a community, that community will often develop an abbreviation. But 'rect' for 'rectangle' is not used generally because, outside of some specialized areas, it's quite rare to refer to rectangles at all. I wouldn't bother changing the title. Some people will laugh, but the connection they're making is enough of a stretch that nobody should be embarrassed to refer to your game, and many people won't see any issue at all unless it's pointed out to them. Counterfactually, if you had a game called "Wrecked 'em", that would most likely be interpreted as a purposeful reference to "rectum", and it would be worth changing if it was unintended. "Rect Pusher" may not be perfectly idiomatic, but I don't think it will cause problems.
  • tapirl 12y ago
    Thanks for your explanation and opinion!