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by zinekeller 1298 days ago
The author hears you:

> Paper people tend to scoff at the word “cardboard,” which they consider inaccurate and a little gauche.

... but yeah, it'll be probably the equivalent of "blockchain" or "AI"/"machine learning", there's a nuance that bothers some people.

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Or “crypto” to mean anything other than math.
I use "crypto" only when talking about Big Foot or a Chupacabra.
Could also be cryptosporidium. One ill child could infect a whole pool if you swallow some pool water...

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=cryptosporidium%20pool...

As in, something a lot of people really really believe in but... the truth is scarier than fiction!