Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kebab case

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English

Syllables
ke-bab -case
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The practice of writing identifiers using hyphens to separate words.

Uncountable

Etymology

In allusion to the appearance of a shish kebab, with various food items assembled on a skewer. Additionally, the coincidence that kebabs and camels are both archetypally Near Eastern was probably not lost on the computer programmers who coined the names kebab case and camel case.

Usage

Inflected Forms

kebab-case (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

charstring hyphenated hyphenation snake case camel case CamelCase uppercase lowercase

Synonyms

dash case

Questions

What does kebab case mean?
The practice of writing identifiers using hyphens to separate words.
Where does kebab case come from?
In allusion to the appearance of a shish kebab, with various food items assembled on a skewer. Additionally, the coincidence that kebabs and camels are both archetypally Near Eastern was probably not lost on the computer programmers who coined the names kebab case and camel case.

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