I nominate "polyfill" for worst most confusing ambiguous fucking name for a piece of code ever.

"Fill the things. Fill all the things."

I second you

I have a feeling I've heard that's somewhere..

@Ranchu There's usually half a dozen brands of putty compounds at a hardware store with names like "polyfill", and that's what the programming concept was named after. (it's from "Introducing HTML5", 2009).

It fills holes in a surface, usually not as efficiently as the native material, but adequately enough to be useful.

So I nominate it for being the best, least confusing, most awesome name for a piece of code ever! 😆

Because calling it WebShim would make it make so much more sense. Also, fun fact about the term

https://remysharp.com/2010/10/...

> Also for me, the product Polyfilla (spackling in the US) is a paste that can be put in to walls to cover cracks and holes. I really liked that idea of visualising how we're fixing the browser. Once the wall is flat, you can paint as you please or wallpaper to your heart's content.

@powerfulparadox JS-porn FTW!