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In South Africa, apparently, a 3.5-inch floppy disc was called a "stiffy". That's a much more sensible word, right, and you're totally not smiling now?

I replied elsewhere on this topic about the same thing. They were indeed called "stiffy/stiffies" because they were more stiff than a floppy.

Only when I grew up and my juvenile sense of humour matured did I appreciate the hilarity of this naming convention.

Well the 3.5" shouldn't be called a floppy disk. Or it could, since the disk inside is itself floppy, as opposed to a hard drive platter. but...

Reminds me of the hardware -> firmware -> software spectrum

Huh huh huh floppy dongle huhuhubuh...

https://www.amazon.com/floppy-drive-usb-adapter/s?k=floppy+d...