Just to be that guy… Coca-cola didn’t get its name from cocaine, but the coca leaves from which cocaine is extracted. Coca-cola still contains some amount of “d

Just to be that guy… Coca-cola didn’t get its name from cocaine, but the coca leaves from which cocaine is extracted. Coca-cola still contains some amount of “decocainized” coca leaves. And the continued presence in the syrup formula is likely due to the name/brand. From: https://www.eater.com/23620802/cocaine-in-coca-cola-coke-recipe-gastropod https://www.eater.com/23620802/cocaine-in-coca-cola-coke-rec... > it’s more likely that it “continues to be used merely to enable the Company to retain the word ‘Coca’ in the name What does this have to do with the made up name of a short message of 140 characters? Nothing. It’s not like sending a video or 141 character messages are auto associated with the term “X”. But in the Coca-Cola case, the words in the brand do have meaning.