sqrtminusone,
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Google Books Ngram Viewer is a lot of fun, but... Who the heck was using in 1800? And what's that uptick in around 1880?

At least no one cared about in the 19th century.

Edit: now I know more about old English.

karthink,
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@sqrtminusone Vim, meaning energetic or lively, is a common word in old English, and still used like in the phrase "with vim and vigor". This is probably what the search hits for Vim are from.

sqrtminusone,
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@karthink Ah, interesting.

The only instance of non-editor "vim" I've seen was in a piece by Dennett arguing against the existence of qualia. The argument was something like: 'Imagine the property of a dollar that gives it meaning. Let's call it "vim".'

I was sure he made it up.

ctietze,
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@sqrtminusone @karthink 🤯 I never bothered to check!

With that, this passage makes so much more immediate sense

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