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h [from SF fandom] A method of ‘marking’ common words,
i.e., calling attention to the fact that they are being used in a
nonstandard, ironic, or humorous way. Originated in the fannish
catchphrase “Bheer is the One True Ghod!” from decades ago.
H-infix marking of ‘Ghod’ and other words spread into the 1960s
counterculture via underground comix, and into early hackerdom either from
the counterculture or from SF fandom (the three overlapped heavily at the
time). More recently, the h infix has become an expected feature of
benchmark names (Dhrystone, Rhealstone, etc.); this is probably patterning
on the original Whetstone (the name of a laboratory) but influenced by the
fannish/counterculture h infix.
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