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(eye-MAY-nee-yuh)- A slang term describing the modern
propensity
of companies to utilize the lower-case letter "i" as a prefix in the naming of
products
. Some say the
habit
forming letter was spurred into its high level of use by the release of the
iMac
from
Apple Computer
. Others take a more
psychological
standpoint and say it was brought on by the
selfish
nature of current generations (thus the letter 'i'). Used in a sentence: Many people consider the iMac and iBook to merely be
eye-candy
.
This trend has been joined by a new, but similar naming trend where the letter 'X' is added as a prefix or suffix to product branding (i.e.-
XBox
,
OS X
(ten),
XServe
). Perhaps the term XMania (ecks-MAY-nee-yuh) will be coined soon if it hasn't already.
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