intercapped

adj

intercapped

adj

Etymology From inter- + cap + -ed (where cap is short for capital, as in caps).

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Rare, Of a word Having an intermediate capital letter within a solid spelling, as in PowerPoint for example.

  • Every page features careful placement of type, but the type is artistically messed up: sometimes all caps, sometimes lowercase, sometimes intercapped […]1999, Jeff Carlson, Toby Malina, Glenn Fleishman, Typography: the best work from the web:
  • The first letter of any concatenated words are given an upper-case letter. For example, the following are all examples of intercapped variable names […]2002, Jo Wood, Java programming for spatial sciences:
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  • Regardless, you will know the public's opinion, most likely expressed in jauntily intercapped slang.2003, Austin Grossman, Postmortems from Game Developer:
  • Too bad the intercapped name is way too 90s and sticks out like a sore thumb.2004, T Mike Childs, Rocklopedia fakebandica:
  • Button labels in graphical application windows are shown in regular text, and are often intercapped.2005, Laura Wingerd, Practical Perforce:
  • […] coders discovered they could better recognize the words they used for variables and commands when the words were intercapped.2006, Tay Vaughan, Multimedia: making it work:
Related terms
bicapitalization, intercapping

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