Stop. Pet peave time. Technically “rip” is incorrect too.
“Ripping a file,” in its original state, meant “raster image processing.” For example, you would RIP an EPS file for printing on non-PostScript printers. Way back around 2000, the non-designer set stole the term because it sounded cool; “I’m gunna totally rip this DVD onto my hard drive, dude! It’s gunna be Matrix Reloaded everywhere, man!”
Or am I wrong. Is there another, non-printing, origin to “rip?”
