How to pronounce clippy

clippy is most commonly pronounced "klip ee" (/ˈklɪpi/). This is the widely-used reading among engineers, though edge cases exist.

Rust's official linter (run via `cargo clippy`). KLIP-ee — named after Clippy, the Microsoft Office paperclip assistant; same pronunciation as that mascot.

Source: rust-lang/rust-clippy GitHub

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