every time i see some regex nerd write "circumflex" instead of "caret" the document i'm reading instantly puts on an old timey top hat and monocle and becomes a collection of types of historically actually problematic
i know i know circumflex is a perfectly good normal word that normal people who aren't old timey assholes use i just haven't taught my subconscious that
EDIT lmao no i am a fool calling the freestanding symbol circumflex when not used as an accent is like maybe a weird artifact