This would actually make the situation in TFA worse. The new hires would assume that foober foos when actually it's being used to bar. Either way there's a need

This would actually make the situation in TFA worse. The new hires would assume that foober foos when actually it's being used to bar. Either way there's a need to memorise - without cute names you gain the additional problem of close but dangerously wrong assumptions. Reading documentation is not a bad expectation of a developer.