You are right but that is a dangerous proposal because math is just applied philosophy :)
To be fair these abbreviations are ubiquitously used.
One factor is German history with Stasi und ww2 fascism. We like increased independence and privacy, so lemmy rather than Facebook
Matrix multiplication should be the other way around, i.e. not like cascading functions. Oh and function cabbages should also be the other way around :) i prefer to read it not like a manga