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The l33t w4r3z d00dz were calling applications ‘appz’ since at least the '90s. Then there was that brief period where Apple tried to claim “app store” was short for “apple store” so no one else could say it…

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Then there was that brief period where Apple tried to claim “app store” was short for “apple store” so no one else could say it…

I’m only surprised they didn’t succeed.

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Actually the proper nomenclature of the time was ‘warez’.

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Sorry, it’s a regional dialect.

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“What region?”

“…Usenet.”

“I…RC.”

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not enough ascii in this comment tbh

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markdown killed the ascii star

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That is our word and you have no right to use it

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When I was a kid, I thought it was pronounced WHERE-AZ.

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