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What was more acceptable? "Control stick"?
No, "joystick" was the original term. Everyone in the past were a bunch of perverts.
glad that changed
It could have been worse. It could have been named enjoystick...
It was named by pilots. It's in the, um, cockpit.
Nowadays it's analog stick, where did all the joy go, I say?
Disco stick, as in
Shes got a way with words.
Liking disco sticks don't make me gay