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Linguist here. Totally agree the term should stop being used. As a practical concern, it would be easier to get people to stop using it if there were another term that was a drop-in replacement.
Yeah, we can say "customize" as the verb, but what about the noun? Sharing "customizations" doesn't really refer to the same kind of DE-specific customization as the other term.
Is there any such word in usage? If not, can we coin one and just start dropping it on forums?
Spokes. Via "bespoke"
I'm bad at naming things.
I don't dislike it!
Ultimately as a practical matter, people are just way more likely to leave the other term if there's alternatives floating around.
sounds too forced
"pimping out", so there's that...
i nominate baste/basting/basted
i'll start using it if you start using it.
Hi Linguist, which side of the linguist camp you are?; the one that thinks the meaning of the language is fix and people should be following it or the one that let people decides how the language works and let it change overtime?
There aren't really two sides of the linguist camp. That language changes naturally over time is well documented.
And new coinages are part of that process. ;)