bug#13276: 24.2.50; apropos-variable

[Drew Adams]

> For newbies, this will just mean "my options"

Yes, that's the sense in which it can sometimes be OK to use the term in text.
But the text can make these things clear.

A command name is different - each qualifier we put in a function name can
reasonably give the impression that it needs to be there to distinguish other
thingies that do not qualify for that qualifier.

And it's not about newbie vs oldie.  Anyone is susceptible to the same
considerations regarding confusion.