The origin of the term is contested, but may be derived from “George Stick”, named for a possible inventor.

I knew the device itself predated gaming, but I always assumed it gained the joystick name from some game company. I’m surprised to to learn its unrelated!

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    239 months ago

    Between those two and “cockpit”, early aviators certainly had a bit of an obsession with male genitals.