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cassianoleal • today at 12:34 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

I don't think "smart-home" is a word. I've always seen it written "smart home".


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jameshart • today at 12:49 PM

When you use a compound word like that as an attributive (before-the-noun) adjective it’s common to hyphenate it. Precisely to clarify this kind of situation.

So the defunct smart-home devices from your smart home end up in the smart-home graveyard.

Same goes for man-eating lions and high-net-worth individuals.

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etskinner • today at 12:38 PM

I think they're just using the hyphen for emphasis here, not spelling