Hi,

I'm forwarding the following bug from the Debian bug tracker
(https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=867570).

My own suggestion is "domain information gatherer"
(https://twitter.com/rsedmonds/status/789997702855684097).

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Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 14:32:16 +0100
From: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
To: submit@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#867570: Please relegate "groper" to a historical footnote

Package: dnsutils
Version: 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u7

The dig(1) manpage starts:

DESCRIPTION
       dig (domain information groper) is a flexible tool for ...

I think this use of `groper' is not very nice.  While the verb `grope'
can also be used without non-sexual connotations, I don't think that's
really true of `groper' - certainly, in this particular case.

It would be nicer to say `domain information grabber' or `domain
information getter' or something, even if it's ahistorical.  The
original name could be mentioned in a historical note in the source
tree or something.

Thanks,
Ian.

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