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"Titter" is a word having nothing to do with gender.

"None could laugh, though the Ape-man had a chattering titter." The Island of Doctor Moreau, HG Wells

Following the comment thread, it would appear that the original 'sexism' comment was referring to https://github.com/ricardobeat/clit

CLI is the recognized, time-honoured, universal abbreviation for "command line interface". Given that, I don't see a problem with using it as a prefix.

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