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[-] glibg10b@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

Yeah, ricing is slang for the r/unixporn kind of themeing. It comes from car culture, where RICE stands for "race-inspired cosmetic enhancement"

[-] jeremyparker@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago

Fwiw rice is a backronym, it originally comes from just "rice burners" which were the kind of cars & motorcycles that got "cosmetically enhanced"

[-] const_void@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

it originally comes from just “rice burners”

The term is often defined as offensive or racist stereotyping.

Yikes, I think I'll just stick to "themeing"

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