title: Why use a variable named 'vent' in a backbone global event despatcher
body: <p>I have seen this in numerous places now when people are creating an application wide event despatcher.</p>
  
  <pre><code>var vent = {};
  _.extend(vent, Backbone.Events);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Why is everyone using the name 'vent'.  It seems to me that it is event minus the e.  Are they using it because event is a reserved work?</p>
  
  <p>Any reasons for such a stupid name for an event despatcher?  Is there some special meaning to this name?</p>