Worth noting the words we use...

Greg DeKoenigsberg gdk at redhat.com
Tue Aug 9 14:52:33 UTC 2005


I find myself gravitating towards "goodies," fwiw.

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On Tue, 9 Aug 2005, Matt Frye wrote:

> > I think we'll continue to use swag, freebie, etc.. Any wordsmiths among
> > us?
> 
> For the record, I avoided the word s*wag on the Fedora Rewards wiki
> page and correspondences.  I opted for "Fedora Gear" since it makes
> sense and has the same Fedora <something> flow as Core, Extras,
> Rewards, etc.
> 
> I'll continue to avoid the word s*wag because I feel it connotes
> stolen goods or thief's plunder, which Fedora Gear is not.
> 
> Matt Frye
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