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by injb 1940 days ago
That's pretty close to what Gauss said they should be called:

"If ... +1, -1, and √-1 had been called direct, inverse and lateral units, instead of positive, negative, and imaginary (or impossible) units, such an obscurity would have been out of the question"

(https://shitohichiumaya.blogspot.com/2016/10/gausss-quote-fo...)