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It's time for a new term: a "Pegasus" (a different kind of mythical horse than a unicorn): https://twitter.com/jgrahamc/status/658702918200250368 https://twitt
by jgrahamc 11y ago
It's time for a new term: a "Pegasus" (a different kind of mythical horse than a unicorn):
https://twitter.com/jgrahamc/status/658702918200250368 https://twitter.com/jgrahamc/status/658702918200250368
Pegasus (n)
1. Mythical winged horse;
2. Silicon Valley 'unicorn' with high gross margin.
i.e. one that might actually take off.
- sp332 11y agoA pegasus doesn't have a horn. A flying unicorn is usually called an "alicorn" but also pegacorn, unisus, or unipeg. /pedantic
- bhauer 11y agoMaybe jgrahamc already edited his comment, but I don't see that he ever said a pegasus had a horn. On a separate matter, I would prefer to not use either term, but people love these convenient categories.
- debacle 11y agoTo be far more pedantic, Pegasus is the name of a single flying horse, it's not the name for horses with wings.
- AdieuToLogic 11y agoObligatory Futurama reference: You are technically correct, the best kind of correct :-)
- saalweachter 11y agoAnd heaping on, Pegasus was not part of a breed or species. He was a one-off, the offspring of Poseidon and Medusa. He had a brother, Chrysaor, a man.
- iamsohungry 11y agoGod, "unicorn" is already stupid enough.
- debacle 11y agoFight fire with fire.
- VLM 11y agoOn the bright side, if you found that annoying, I've heard rhinos as being unicorns that became hopelessly obese and are dying out, with the fairly obvious business analogies. They're not dead unicorns because they're not dead. They're on the way though! And until the seemingly inevitable bankruptcy or shutdown, they're living rhinos. They'll be dead unicorns unless something turns around, sure. Or I guess you could call them dead rhinos? A quick internet search of rhino and bubble and stuff like that has found nothing, I've only heard this verbally a couple times. "Do you have a contingency plan for rolling your your (whatever) off (whatever)? They're a rhino, you know about that, right?"
- giaour 11y agoThat analogy would make sense, except for the fact that rhinos are real and very intimidating. Shouldn't a rhino be a unicorn that has survived an IPO or something?
- pinaceae 11y agoI'd suggest Icarus. Flying high on wings of wax - until the sun gets too hot.
- fletchrichman 11y agoNo, the new term is "Cockroach" - https://medium.com/@caterina/the-age-of-the-cockroach-5a720d917416 https://medium.com/@caterina/the-age-of-the-cockroach-5a720d...