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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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[–] 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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