Friend who is not a software person sent me this tweet, which amused me as it did them. They asked if “runk” was real, which I assume not.

But what are some good examples of real ones like this? xz became famous for the hack of course, so i then read a bit about how important this compression algorithm is/was.

  • AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net
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    3 months ago

    Verbaceous is a great word. I’m adding it onto my “favourite words” list ,(even if it isn’t technically a word "

    • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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      3 months ago

      Ah, pshaw, I don’t subscribe to the notion that there’s such a thing as “not a word.” Why bother having a system of root words, prefixes and suffixes if we’re not allowed to use that system to build the words we need? Especially for the fun of it. Verbaceous is adjectivacular.