linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [v3] Documentation: Provide guidelines for tool-generated content

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Message-ID: <20260110110710.7f91bdd4@fedora>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 11:07:10 -0500
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>, "Serge E. Hallyn"
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] [v3] Documentation: Provide guidelines for
 tool-generated content

On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 11:02:19 -0500
James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 2026-01-10 at 15:52 +0000, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 10, 2026 at 09:25:36AM -0600, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:  
> > > I just don't think the word "slop" should be used, because while it
> > > may be very clear to you, and may be clearly defined in some
> > > communities, me, I'm just guessing what you mean by it.  
> > 
> > https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/word-of-the-year  
> 
> Just because it's the word of the year this year doesn't mean people
> will remember what it means even after a few years.  "Rawdog" was the
> OED word of the year in 2024 ... that's losing its resonance and who of
> the under 30 crowd knows what the 2000 word of the year "chad" means? 
> The point of the formulation I proposed (without mentioning slop) was
> to be generic and retain its meaning over time.

I agree with James here. "Slop" may be well known today, but it is
still a slang word. It may easily lose its meaning in the future, and I
don't think "slang" words should be used in the document.

-- Steve