Thanks Maranara; I should have guessed that the fashion had changed. Looks like the word was based on "minus" but then some people decided they liked "mini" instead. When I got married I was heck-bent on saying, "for better or worser", that being the archaic but I chickened out. I like that it is parallel and think "worse" sounds like it is spelt (not to be confused with spelled :-) "Worser just sounds softer and nicer to me. Maybe I should have tried for "bet or worse"? LOL

My husband really hates acronyms. He once received an email at work where he didn't understand a single thing because it was all acronyms so he replied with "WTF?"