[Ipg-smz] Need a term for future commonplace tech for a short story

[Sally Wiener Grotta]

Thanks, Daniel. Good idea.

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On 2018/11/14 19:36, Daniel Dern wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Nov 2018, Sally Wiener Grotta wrote:
>> What would be the word people will commonly use in the future (as they 
>> do
>> "touchscreen" today) to describe an interactive desktop 3D 
>> projection?  I don't
>> want to waste words describing it, because it would be as common as 
>> our laptops,
>> and simply the device that would replace our keyboard, mouse, wacom 
>> and monitor.
>> 
>> The word (or perhaps as many as two or three words) needs to be 
>> self-explanatory
>> to the reader, but not have enough weight to distract from the 
>> narrative.
> 
> While "holodesk" seems quasi-descriptive, I agree with Larry Niven's
> analysis in "The Fourth Profession" that commonly used things will end
> up with short, single-syllable names.
> 
> So my suggestion is "fozz" (because it's somewhere between "fog" and 
> "fuzz").
> 
> Or even "a-yer" ("air" with a strong "ey" sound).
> 
> Or two syllables: twiddle (noun and verb).