What is the proper term for an "UFCS"-flavored paths?

How should I call paths like <T::BindTransport as IntoFuture>::Future? Documentation uses "Angle-bracket Form" (Universal Function Call Syntax). Is this the "official" term? It sounds a bit confusing, because you always uses angle brackets...

Hm, actually, <>:: can be called the reverse turbofish...

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...and of course, by using the fish-turbo operator together with the previously seen turbofish, we can name a particular instance of a trait method with a generic output type:

<Type as Trait>::method::<u8>()

This construction is commonly referred to as the "fish-turbofish".

-The Rust Guide to Aquatic Fauna, 3rd ed.

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"Fully qualified associated entity projection"?

In the second edition of the book we call it "fully qualified syntax."

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