Ten Heavy Metal Band Names from Leviticus 17

Ok, this is a good, new word 🙌🏼 #naming

Tim the Shitposting Linguist He's not wrong. If you can read English you can read French. Whether you understand a word of what you are reading is of course a different question.

Here is an article with filled with pretty color swatches. This pleases me. Perhaps it will please you, too. wapo.st/45Ozob9

Why choose "Money Heist" when "Hot Robbers" is right there? #naming

In 1977, Jorge Luis Borges, one of the greatest 20th c. Spanish-language writers, told William F. Buckley (whose first language was Spanish) his reasons for feeling, age 78, that English was 'far finer' than his native tongue. Right or wrong, I love his savor for language.

There is a baby in Australia named Methamphetamine Rules #naming boingboing.net/2023/09/20/jou…

When good insects are named after bad people #naming washingtonpost.com/history/2023/0…

And just like that, the I Don't Like This Ad option disappeared from TAFKA Twitter. #enshittification

Noctalgia #naming

A lesson here is that a new name will BECOME right by virtue of how it’s used. Out of the gate Netflix could’ve suggested porn, but that’s dispelled with experience. Same with GoDaddy or Hotmail. Meanwhile, the letter X now suggests an antisemitic hellhole. Names are absorbent!

Check out the inaugural episode of the FiredUp podcast, where we discuss #naming startups and the weirdest thing I ever ate. Share, listen and enjoy! firebrand.marketing/podcast/episod…

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Well, would ya look at that: Mitsubishi means "3 diamonds" in Japanese, and Samsung means "3 stars" in Korean. #naming

I find this is true when developing novel product descriptors. The best ones tend to be a modification of an existing term, not an entirely new one. Think "smart phone" not "portable digital assistant". #naming

NO LIMBITS as a trademark for adaptive apparel for people with prosthetics is simply👌

The enshittification continues apace!

A deep learning system for surgeries named Sturgeon. Excellent #naming! nytimes.com/2023/10/11/hea…

Where did collective names for animals come from? They were essentially just made up in the Middle Ages... along with collective names for groups of people, such as: -rascal of boys -misbelief of painters -scolding of chemists -multiplying of husbands -disworship of Scots

He’s like Don Draper, but for names. So proud of my friend Anthony Shore of Anthony Shore for this recognition. fortune.com/2024/04/25/pro…