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tjpnzyesterday at 11:17 AM3 repliesview on HN

In the 90s/2000s people also used to shorten cybersex to cyber. I guess if they wanted to have fun with it they could add a "Wanna Cyber?" in place of the usual "Try <x>".


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josephgyesterday at 11:29 AM

It drove me nuts in the cryptocurrency boom that people shortened cryptocurrency to "crypto". As in, "I'm into crypto" or "I work in crypto".

Cryptography is much older than bitcoin.

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bitwizetoday at 12:04 AM

These days "cyber" undecorated usually implies "-security", muddying those waters further.

ModernMechyesterday at 1:19 PM

"I put on my robe and wizard hat"