The Intersection of Techie and Word-ie

[gnomi]

Poll Hypothetical Hyphenation

Comments

[woodwardiocom]

For the verb form, "mouse" is the verb. You wouldn't say, "You should walkover the grating like Marilyn."

For the adjective form, my general rule is to close it up.

[gnomi]

See, I'm with you. I'm revising a document and we don't have a style guide, so it's style-guide-by-consensus time.

[glishara]

I am very undecided.

For verbs, I like either "mouse over" or "mouse-over."

For modifier, I like either "mouse-over" or "mouseover."

I think the main conclusion here is that I really like hyphens.

[madfilkentist]

You fly over the flyover states. The same thing applies here.

[violetcheetah]

I would go with "mouseover" for the adjective were it not for the vowel collision, especially with the silent "e." My brain sees it as some unknown French word, even when I know what it's supposed to be.

[abbasegal]

For some reason for me, "Mouseover" sounds like it should be some British aristocratic house. ("Lord Tick from the house of Mouseover"). Pronounced with a /z/, of course ;-)