StudlyCaps (or perhaps StUdLyCaPs, also known as StickyCaps) is a variation of CamelCase in which the individual letters in a word (or words) are capitalized and not capitalized, either at random or in some pattern. CamelCase, camel case or medial capitals is the practice of writing compound words or phrases where the words are joined without spaces, and each word is capitalized within the compound. ...

According to the Jargon File, "ThE oRigiN and SigNificaNce of thIs pRacTicE iS oBscuRe." It appears to have been popularized among adolescent users during the BBS and early WWW eras of online culture, as a form of rebellion against the rules for proper capitalization of names and sentences. Unlike the use of all lowercase letters, which suggests laziness or efficiency as a motivation, StudlyCaps requires additional effort to type, either holding and releasing the Shift key with one hand while hunting-and-pecking, or alternately pressing one Shift key or the other while touch typing. The iNiQUITY bbs software based on renegade had a feature to support this automatically. The Jargon File is a glossary of hacker slang. ... A bulletin board system or BBS is a computer system running software that allows users to dial into the system over a phone line and, using a terminal program, perform functions such as downloading software and data, uploading data, playing games, reading news, and exchanging messages with other users. ... This NeXTcube used by Berners-Lee at CERN became the first Web server. ... A common form of typing is hunt and peck (also known as two-fingered typing or The Columbus Method so named because you Find it and Land on it. ... Touch typing is typing using the sense of touch rather than sight to find the keys. ...

It may perform a similar social function as the reduced legibility of the highly stylised script commonly used in graffiti. The overt defiance of rules distinguishes it from most forms of CamelCase which, despite their defiance of traditional typographic rules for language, are noteworthy for their adherence to authority-established standards specifying which letters are to be capitalized and which are not. For the handwriting system, see Graffiti (Palm OS). ...