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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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..

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Actually the proper nomenclature of the time was 'warez'.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

not enough ascii in this comment tbh

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

markdown killed the ascii star

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry, it's a regional dialect.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

“What region?”

“…Usenet.”

“I…RC.”

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

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.