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by JohnFen
83 days ago
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It wasn't that obscure in the US before Linus used it, although perhaps its use was regional? I certainly heard it frequently. "git" still means "asshole" in my mind first, and I have to recontextualize that default every time to think of in terms of the version control system. I have the same problem with "POS". Every time I see of hear that, "point of sale" isn't the thing that pops into my mind first. |
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That may well be the case. i'd never heard it in any of my years in Nevada, Arkansas, or Texas, and left the States ten years before git (SCM) was a thing. It's certainly possible that it is/was regional and/or became a household word after 1997.
Even so... IMO you're doing yourself and your product a disservice by continuing that naming pattern.
> I have the same problem with "POS".
Agreed entirely :).