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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 23 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I remember when the go-to search term was "warez."

I still don't know if that was supposed to be pronounced like "wares" or "war-ehz." 🤔

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don't think either answer is wrong.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I always thought it was warez as in "wears". My understanding is it was short for "softwares" or something. Take the end, add a dash of 1337sp34k and you get warez.

Maybe I'm wrong.

[–] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social -1 points 1 year ago

Except that softwares and hardwares probably came out of the word "wares".

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