OT: What words or phrases annoy you?
Marilyn Manson wrote
Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote
I don't tap or click my computer I operate it with the keyboard.
Apparently the folks at Merriam-Webster disagree with you.
But he is a pom/limey/brit, so Merriam-Webster is irrelevant.
The act of selecting an item on a computer with a mouse (or keyboard) is
defined as a "click".
The act of pushing a button or moving a switch is also defined as a
"click".
click
\ ˈklik \
clicked; clicking; clicks
transitive verb
1: to strike, move, or produce with a click
- clicked his heels together
2: to select especially in a computer interface by pressing a button on a
control device (such as a mouse)
3a: to turn (something) on or off by pushing a button or moving a switch
- She clicked off the light, and we were plunged into darkness again.
- I just kept fumbling till I found the remote and pulled it up out of the
cracks of the couch and clicked the TV off.
b: to change or move through (channels) especially by pushing buttons on a
remote control
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