Donald: So I have an idea. I can make a computer remember things. 
Person: Prove it
Donald: dkljfdlldjdjfldm, done
Person: Woww. You just invented memorization in computers. Congratulations donald.
Donald: Ummmm, we don't need the 'r'. It's called Memoization because why not
Person: Huh???????
Donald: Yes

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"Donald Michie coined the term memoization not out of a need for technical jargon, but because he had rhotacism—a speech impediment that made it difficult for him to pronounce the letter “r.” According to apocryphal accounts, when he first proposed the concept, he kept saying “memorization,” but colleagues misheard it as “memoization” due to his speech. Tired of correcting them, Michie simply embraced the misunderstanding, and the term stuck—giving computer science one of its quirkiest etymologies."