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EVOC Evocativity Conveys at least a hint of what it’s naming BREV Brevity Shorter = better GREP Greppability Not a substring of
by buddydvd 15y ago
EVOC Evocativity Conveys at least a hint of what it’s naming
BREV Brevity Shorter = better
GREP Greppability Not a substring of common words
GOOG Googlability Reasonably unique (and domain name available)
PRON Pronounceability You can read it out loud when you see it
SPEL Spellability You know how it’s spelled when you hear it
VERB Verbability The name (or variant thereof) can be used as a verb
Source: http://messymatters.com/2011/10/31/nominology/ http://messymatters.com/2011/10/31/nominology/
- bitemyapp 15y agoI feel stupid for bothering to come up with custom explanations. :\
- nirvana 15y agoOne of the key factors for us was trademark ability. Looking at the dropbox issue mentioned below supports this. Dropbox.com was registered in 1995 by someone who wasn't using it, but was acquired after (possibly as a result of) a lawsuit by the owners of the dropbox service... We fail on greppability, possibly googlablitly (17million results) and verb ability. But we win on the rest.
- BerislavLopac 15y agoJust added to HN (hackernewsed? hm, not the best verbability here ;) ) as http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3180861 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3180861
- brc 15y agoYou can have a phonetically spelt word that still is close to a real word, but that gets auto-corrected when people try and use it. And that is bad. Because auto-correction is everywhere these days. For me this problem didn't appear until all the predictive spelling started appearing. Now it is a major problem.