by stefanneculai on 11/21/20, 4:57 PM with 7 comments
I'm looking for a startup name for a new venture and trying to figure out the best option. What do you think of the first time when you hear Webrupt? What would you expect a company named like this to do?
by ThrowawayR2 on 11/21/20, 5:09 PM
While I don't mean this unkindly, it appears to be a combination of "web" and "rupt" which immediately puts me in mind of of the words "bankrupt" and "abrupt" as well as other words containing or ending in "rupt", most of which have slightly negative connotations stemming from its Latin origin meaning "to break".
by arthurcolle on 11/21/20, 5:06 PM
I would expect it to be a web company that goes bankrupt within a few months
by allears on 11/21/20, 5:22 PM
While "disrupt" may be a positive buzzword to techies and venture capitalists, to the consumer it signifies, well, disruption. That is, things stop working. Somebody is making a lot of money by breaking things. Somebody is imposing themselves as a middleman and raking off a lot of dough. Definitely not a good look.