bogdanb comments on Open Thread: May 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: bogdanb 05 May 2010 11:37:40AM 6 points [-]

With all the nonsensical “cool” prefixes (see iPod, XBox), “cool” etymologically-challenged names (Skype, Google), and “cool” weird-spelling-that-kind-of-suggests something (Syfy) going on, I don’t blame people for thinking any new name they encounter is simply made up for no reason.