Indices? Half of mathematics indexes something different and calls it an index. >_>
And in certain contexts, < = angle bracket...
Angle bracket, funnel, comesfrom/gozinta, crunch/zap, suck/blow, bra/ket. Apparently.

Yeah, I can, and I actually quite like using them because of that. 
As can I.
"You would think that if I write all these squiggly braces, they would look better, but no." -Dan