Definitions
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- adjective rare, of a word Having an
intermediate capital letter , as inPowerPoint for example.
Etymologies
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inter- + cap + ed (where cap is short for capital, as in caps).
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Examples
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That's sort of a crazy coincidence -- while we're not so sure word spacing and porn have anything to do with each other, we jazzy new redesign, and we actually thought long and hard about how to handle intercapped, all-capped, and otherwise non-standard product names.
Engadget 2009
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So last week the New York Times Magazine published a piece called "Against Camel Case" which argues that intercapped product names like iPhone and TiVo are "medieval," because they harken back to a time in which people mostly read aloud, slowly sounding out each word as they tried to understand them.
Engadget 2009
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