[muaddirac]

To answer your question, I don't think it matters what it's called, just that you learn what it means (just like any word).

As an aside, what you're describing isn't strictly currying. The key insight of currying is that a function of multiple arguments can be decomposed in to a series of function applications where each function takes only one argument - this is related to but not the same as partial application.

[jonlachlan]

Thanks for this clarification. The fact that these are widely confounded is evidence that many people are comfortable with the term "currying" only because they think it's the same as "partial application", so they appreciate the connotation that you're "adding spice".

So in this case, not only CAN these people stop calling it "currying", but in fact they should, because it's the wrong word.

In my other comment I'm suggesting calling currying "sequencing", and partial application "presetting".