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Pornhub’s parent company is changing its name to total nonsense (www.theverge.com)
submitted 3 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Pornhub’s parent company is changing its name to total nonsense::MindGeek, the parent company of Pornhub and other adult entertainment websites is changing its name to Aylo as it looks to get a “fresh start.”

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[–] 119 points 3 years ago (3 children)

With "total nonsense" I expected something like ZyAbct328 or some crap, like a name you can barely find to stay under the radar.

But Aylo? Wtf is The Verge doing?

Aylo is only "nonsense" because you're not used to it. What about Sony? Nike? Lego? Cisco? Adobe? ...

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  • [–] 50 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

    Just because I was curious: Sony comes from sonos, sound in Latin. Nike is the Roman Greek God of victory. Lego is is a Danish abreviation for "play well". Cisco comes from San Fransisco. Adobe is the name of a Creek near the founders house.

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  • [–] 29 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Of course they have origins, but that is pretty much true of any name. If I look up "Aylo" I find:

    A user from Morocco says the name Aylo is of Portuguese origin and means "someone who's easily attached to someone".
    A submission from New York, U.S. says the name Aylo means "One who sees seeds" and is of African origin.
    A user from Canada says the name Aylo means "Loving"

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I can tell you the first one is total BS — there is no word in Portuguese that even sounds close to that one. Source: am a Portugal.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago

    Adding to that as a native Brazilian Portuguese speaker, no word I'm aware of comes even close to that one either. Our words don't really use Y like that to begin with.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Aylo sounds like the name of the finance company. It is boring and generic in that it doesn't really mean anything. The perfect name.

    Where is MindGeek always makes me think of a manufacturer of cheap crappy toys, like novelty mugs that change colour when you pour hot liquid in them and small remote control cars that stick to the ceiling. You know the kind of tat that's always been sold off in the centre aisles of shopping malls.

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