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My first guess would have been that this is from a European company, which often have product names that don't sound quite right to a native English speaker [1]
by Clewza313 5y ago
My first guess would have been that this is from a European company, which often have product names that don't sound quite right to a native English speaker [1], but cursory Googling [2] reveals that Ploopy Corporation appears to be run by a Colin Lam from Mississauga, Ontario, next to Toronto and not even in Quebec. So your guess is as good as mine.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plopp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plopp
[2] https://www.bizapedia.com/canada/ploopy-corporation.html https://www.bizapedia.com/canada/ploopy-corporation.html
- katmannthree 5y agoI believe he's commented on reddit that he likes how it's a memorable, funny name.
- Clewza313 5y agoInteresting. Although he really should have gone with a serious, enterprisey name like "Google" or "Tiktok".
- xcambar 5y agoI like your sarcasm.
- IshKebab 5y agoThe problem isn't that it's not serious. It's that it's actively a bit gross. When someone says Tiktok I think "huh, a funky spelling" not "is this something to do with poo?" Obviously studied at the GIMP school of naming.
- thaumasiotes 5y agoGIMP at least stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program. You can see where the name came from. This looks like nothing more than poor taste.
- IshKebab 5y agoGIMP is clearly a backronym. They deliberately chose a crude name that might amuse 12 year olds and then contrived an acronym for it.
- thaumasiotes 5y ago"Clearly"? It's no Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act.
- melony 5y agoIf you have kids, the name is from a popular series of tween books called diary of a wimpy kid.
- NoGravitas 5y agoHuh, interesting. It was also used in one of the Magic School Bus books (and maybe a corresponding episode, not sure), to describe the sound made by Carlos' invented musical instrument.
- stavros 5y agoWhere is it from if you don't?