i've seen it used in a macos/cocoa context meaning swapping out methods (monkeypatching of sorts) github.com/Fuzion24/OSX.... cool word regardless

GitHub - Fuzion24/OSX_Swizzler: Demonstrates cracking an app without modifying it using SIMBL + method swizzling

Demonstrates cracking an app without modifying it using SIMBL + method swizzling - Fuzion24/OSX_Swizzler

Ah yeah, what Apple folks call "swizzling" and Windows folks call "detours", and everyone else calls "function hooking"

I was very confused the first time I ran into that term doing iOS dev.