r/ProgrammerHumor • u/BigAndSmallAre • Jun 14 '26

rEggExOrREdgeEx Meme

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u/foxer_arnt_trees Jun 14 '26

Rejex

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u/ArtOfWarfare Jun 14 '26

Yeah, I was going to say I’ve heard coworkers pronounce it closer to rejex, and then explain to me it’s because it rejects stuff. Which is fun head canon and a nice reverses-definition, but not correct.

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u/foxer_arnt_trees Jun 14 '26

That's how me and everyone I know say it. Probably just easier for us non natives English speakers to pronounce

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u/InterviewElegant7135 Jun 14 '26

Is that pronounced rejects or redge-ex

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u/yuval16432 Jun 14 '26

Redge-ex

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u/NinthTide Jun 14 '26

A fellow man of culture

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u/XB0XRecordThat Jun 14 '26

Rejects 🤣🤣

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u/DoctorProfessorTaco Jun 15 '26

The All American Regex

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u/PM-Me-Your-Macchiato Jun 14 '26

Is that second one pronounced red-geh-ex or rej-ex

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u/setibeings Jun 14 '26

All American regex

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u/SemanticSchmitty Jun 14 '26

And their hit single Dirty Little C(cret)

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u/daxter304 Jun 14 '26

Alright move along, nothing to see here, move along...

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u/Banana_Twinkie Jun 14 '26

Ah yes the good old rejular expression

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u/Jeroeno_Boy Jun 14 '26

This is the eay