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"Yahoo" is nonsense, I agree; "google" is relevant in the sense that they index a lot of websites; 'amazon' hearkens to the myriad variety of different books th
by mjh2539 6y ago
"Yahoo" is nonsense, I agree; "google" is relevant in the sense that they index a lot of websites; 'amazon' hearkens to the myriad variety of different books they sold.
- mikro2nd 6y agoAnd here I thought "Amazon" referred to all the trees that had to get cut down to make those cardboard boxes they use for shipping... ;)
- bryanrasmussen 6y agoYahoo is not nonsense - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yahoo https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yahoo google is nonsense as it's a misspelling of googol
- mjh2539 6y agoI'm going to pivot. Here's the hierarchy of naming methods from best to worst: succinct + relevant > relevant > succinct + neologism > neologism > irrelevant existing word