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Eugene
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Hillsborough, CA
 
2004-07-25, 16:48

"Mouses" was probably one geek's method of going against the grain. From there he spread it to other geeks. And then every time a regular Joe said "mice" to a geek, the geek would snap and correct him...

Most dictionaries accept colloquial terms after a while, but the fact that M-W hasn't yet picked up on it speaks for itself.

Last edited by Eugene : 2004-07-25 at 16:53.
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