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Source: jargon
h [from SF fandom] A method of `marking' common words, i.e., calling
attention to the fact that they are being used in a nonstandard, ironic,
or humorous way. Originated in the fannish catchphrase "Bheer is the One
True Ghod!" from decades ago. H-infix marking of `Ghod' and other words
spread into the 1960s counterculture via underground comix, and into
early hackerdom either from the counterculture or from SF fandom (the
three overlapped heavily at the time). More recently, the h infix has
become an expected feature of benchmark names (Dhrystone, Rhealstone,
etc.); this is probably patterning on the original Whetstone (the name
of a laboratory) but influenced by the fannish/counterculture h infix.


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