I'm not talking about precedent -- the comment was that it was a poor choice of term, implying that the term in the article came about later.. when the uniqueness sense of the word has been in use since long before that.

Though the slang word looks like it originated in '71 and the cybersecurity use of it only goes back to '78, so perhaps it was a poor choice indeed. Though, with its similarity to the use by dictionary editors and cartographers, it makes sense why they would pick that term.

I only today became aware of the pedophilia reference for it and will have a difficult time unthinking thoughts of revulsion whenever I encounter the security-related term, but what can you do.