# What do you call Kakoune users? **URL:** \ **Category:** FAQ\ **Created:** [September 14, 2018, 8:49am UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/what-do-you-call-kakoune-users/34 "2018-09-14T08:49:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![robertmeta](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/robertmeta/32/833_2.png) [@robertmeta](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/robertmeta)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 8:49am UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/what-do-you-call-kakoune-users/34/1 "2018-09-14T08:49:27Z")
I feel like we need a name for Kakoune users: - kakounites? ---
**Author:** ![eraserhd](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/eraserhd/32/15_2.png) [@eraserhd](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/eraserhd)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 12:50pm UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/what-do-you-call-kakoune-users/34/2 "2018-09-14T12:50:14Z")
Khakis? My partner says “kakounas, duh” ---
**Author:** ![robertmeta](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/robertmeta/32/833_2.png) [@robertmeta](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/robertmeta)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/what-do-you-call-kakoune-users/34/3 "2018-09-14T18:27:44Z")
> [@eraserhd](#): > > kakounas That has a nice ring… Kakounas Matatas! [![](https://discuss.kakoune.com/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e40ef4e991060f0029e58489dd787dcf0aea16e9.jpeg "Hakuna Matata | The Lion King 1994") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbY_aP-alkw) ---
**Author:** ![Delapouite](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/delapouite/32/10_2.png) [@Delapouite](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/Delapouite)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/what-do-you-call-kakoune-users/34/4 "2018-09-20T13:59:14Z")
Kakoune definition is explained on this page: [https://wikimonde.com/article/Français\_de\_Nouvelle-Calédonie#Kakoune](https://wikimonde.com/article/Fran%C3%A7ais_de_Nouvelle-Cal%C3%A9donie#Kakoune) → a hard blow, a punch. Below, there’s another word, the verb _Mouiller_, which means giving a kakoune. So I guess a Kakoune user could be called a **Mouilleur** (a substantif which does not seem to exist by itself) ---
**Author:** ![robertmeta](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/robertmeta/32/833_2.png) [@robertmeta](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/robertmeta)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 12:59am UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/what-do-you-call-kakoune-users/34/5 "2018-11-05T00:59:35Z")
I am willing to get on the **Mouilleurs** bandwagon. ---
**Author:** ![mawww](https://discuss.kakoune.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@mawww](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/mawww)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 3:34am UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/what-do-you-call-kakoune-users/34/6 "2018-11-06T03:34:47Z")
I like it as well, I’ll give **Mouilleurs** my blessing. ---
**Author:** ![andreyorst](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/andreyorst/32/29_2.png) [@andreyorst](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/andreyorst)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 5:38am UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/what-do-you-call-kakoune-users/34/7 "2018-11-08T05:38:47Z")
I’d only ask for transcription, so I could say it right. I’m already using it though, its awesome word ---
**Author:** ![occivink](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/occivink/32/27_2.png) [@occivink](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/occivink)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 10:29am UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/what-do-you-call-kakoune-users/34/8 "2018-11-08T10:29:02Z")
I belive it’d be /mu.jœʁ/. [Google translate](https://translate.google.com/#auto/en/mouilleur) pronounces it correctly ---
**Author:** ![scr](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/scr/32/486_2.png) [@scr](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/scr)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/what-do-you-call-kakoune-users/34/9 "2020-07-17T00:45:55Z")
I know I’m late for the party, but not a big fan of “mouilleur” which would be “mouilleuse” for a women. “Mouiller” initially mean to get wet. Therefore or mouilleur is the one who get wet, which doesn’t sound so good. Worse for a mouilleuse, since “mouille” is also a slang word for the water comming from a part of the women anatomy that I’m not gonna say here. So as a french speaker, “mouilleuse” definitely sound weird to my hear. But I agree that is actually pretty cool when you know the meaning from nouvelle caledonie. Is the debate still open ? Should call boys and girls “mouilleurs” ? Also the word might hard to spell for non-french speaker ? ---
**Author:** ![robertmeta](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/robertmeta/32/833_2.png) [@robertmeta](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/robertmeta)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/what-do-you-call-kakoune-users/34/10 "2020-07-17T16:08:00Z")
> [@scr](#): > > Is the debate still open ? I think so, as it hasn’t had much natural growth / use. Nicknames only work if embraced to a degree. I suspect this might have been a wiff for the reasons you mentioned, hard to spell, hard to say, feels unrelated to Kakoune at first glance. That said “Vimmers” nor “Emacsians” never took off too much either. ---
**Author:** ![Ordovician\_Dawn](https://discuss.kakoune.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/82dd89/32.png) [@Ordovician\_Dawn](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/Ordovician_Dawn)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2021, 9:36pm UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/what-do-you-call-kakoune-users/34/11 "2021-04-03T21:36:03Z")
I’ve been going with _kakodemons!_ 😆 😈 ---
**Author:** ![andreyorst](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/andreyorst/32/29_2.png) [@andreyorst](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/andreyorst)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 7:36am UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/what-do-you-call-kakoune-users/34/12 "2021-04-04T07:36:03Z")
> [@Ordovician\_Dawn](#): > > _kakodemons!_ > **Obligatory DOOM reference** > > ![image](https://discuss.kakoune.com/uploads/default/original/1X/d5a58e8acae5be319cbdf707de97cd3e8f5088e3.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![TeddyDD](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/teddydd/32/21_2.png) [@TeddyDD](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/TeddyDD)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 9:05am UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/what-do-you-call-kakoune-users/34/13 "2021-04-04T09:05:47Z")
Now I want to see coding timelapse in Kakoune with Doom music… ---
**Author:** ![eyepatchOwl](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/eyepatchowl/32/735_2.png) [@eyepatchOwl](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/eyepatchOwl)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/what-do-you-call-kakoune-users/34/14 "2021-04-11T20:04:48Z")
Obligatory kakouners ---
**Author:** ![duncan](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/duncan/32/95_2.png) [@duncan](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/duncan)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/what-do-you-call-kakoune-users/34/15 "2021-04-14T14:44:20Z")
Tolerant. Many thanks guys, its appreciated! 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Ordovician\_Dawn](https://discuss.kakoune.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/82dd89/32.png) [@Ordovician\_Dawn](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/Ordovician_Dawn)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/what-do-you-call-kakoune-users/34/16 "2021-04-15T02:51:08Z")
haha. Now imagine you’re up late, late at night after coding all evening on kakoune… You’re staring at the terminal with bloodshot eyes and suddenly you see > **THIS** > > ![kako](https://discuss.kakoune.com/uploads/default/original/1X/014a035dcdfcb9e60528aaa6e952f210df106778.webp) ---
**Author:** ![alker0](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/alker0/32/882_2.png) [@alker0](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/alker0)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 2:55am UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/what-do-you-call-kakoune-users/34/17 "2021-04-17T02:55:08Z")
I’m Japanese. Coincidantally, pronouncing Kakoune as “Kako-une” in Japan, it means “Let’s write, shall we?”. Because of that, sounds so text editor to me, but at the same time it blocks my correcting my pronunciation to “Kak-oon”. ---
**Author:** ![eyepatchOwl](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/eyepatchowl/32/735_2.png) [@eyepatchOwl](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/eyepatchOwl)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/what-do-you-call-kakoune-users/34/18 "2021-04-20T16:18:00Z")
Kako-une seems like a valid pronunciation to me. It’s probably inevitable that newcomers who share my defaults for pronunciation will default to kak-oon. ---
**Author:** ![robertmeta](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/robertmeta/32/833_2.png) [@robertmeta](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/robertmeta)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/what-do-you-call-kakoune-users/34/19 "2021-04-20T16:24:04Z")
I have always fallen into the kako-uno camp by default.