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>>alexho+(OP)
Not enough people know this, but when you say "etc" out loud in reference to the directory, it is supposed to sound like "etsy".

I expect there will be people who reply to this comment to argue it should be "E-T-C" or "Et Cetera". You can ignore those people; they probably say "exclamation mark" instead of "bang".

>>IvyMik+oe
It occurred to me overnight that while people may find the domain-specific conventions annoying or an attempt to convey superiority, there is actually information being conveyed by the weirdness.

For example, when I say "etsy" out loud, it makes it clear that I'm referring to the actual directory and not just saying "and other things".

It's a way to avoid a bad "who's on first" routine.

To take an example from further down in this thread: Likewise, in print, using cp and mv make it clear these specific things rather than the abstract concepts of copy and move.