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by magicalhippo 2246 days ago
> <div> elements stitched together to pretend to be something else than boxes of text.

As a Norwegian <div> makes perfect sense, as "div" is a common shorthand for "diverse" meaning "various" or "miscellaneous". At least that's what I always think of when writing <div>.

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It's short for a "content division" being a generic reflowing container.