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infecto | on: The iPhone's Last Stand?
Never have even heard of the word before.
swiftcoder | parent | next
The term is nearly old enough to have a driving license - google glass came out 14 years ago
infecto | root | parent
Ahh maybe that’s it. Old slang that’s not used often enough these days.
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sigzero | parent
Then you haven't been paying attention.
infecto | root | parent
Maybe you are in bubble? Looks like it’s really old slang and I have not heard that word in the last decade in Silicon Valley or elsewhere.
iamnothere | root | parent | next
It was never common slang. A few journalists tried to force it to be “a thing” but it never caught on, because forced memes never work.

(I do hate camera glasses though.)

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