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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 27 Apr 2015

    When you can't think of a good name for something, it's often a sign it shouldn't exist.

    6:19 PM - 27 Apr 2015
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    • Sbusiso ntuswa Christinia Gilmore Stevie Nicole Brian rumikubr7 Tidiane Diakite Alexandru Asimionese Fernando Yanez Bharadwaaj Rajan
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      1. Ed Dead Redemption 2‏Verified account @edzitron 27 Apr 2015
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        .@paulg as proven by such products as "Airbus"

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      1. Joe Kent‏ @itsjoekent 27 Apr 2015
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        @paulg or maybe you're just bad at names...? sorry man normally agree with you but this advice is lame

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      2. Chris Lamprecht‏ @mthreat 27 Apr 2015
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        @paulg Says the founder of y combinator

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      3. Diego Basch‏ @dbasch 27 Apr 2015
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        @mthreat @paulg there are lots of things with names that were terrible until they succeeded and they became brands.

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      1. Denzil Doyle‏ @DenzilDoyle 27 Apr 2015
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        @paulg Yahoo

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      2. Riley Maguire‏ @rilinho 27 Apr 2015
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        @gonzalo_costa that was funny ;-)

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      1. Russ d'Sa‏ @dsa 27 Apr 2015
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        @paulg or that all good names are taken.

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      1. Taylor Crane‏ @taykcrane 27 Apr 2015
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        @paulg I'm really bad at naming functions. So, now what!? Haha.

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      1. Melissa‏ @MelissaSulewski 27 Apr 2015
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        @paulg or you just need to name it something awful so you can "pivot" when your naming creativity kicks in later ;-)

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      1. Thomas Petersen‏ @Hello_World 27 Apr 2015
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        @paulg good names are built not found :) If it sounds good and make sense it most probably means its too close to the beaten path.

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      1. Alex Rampell‏ @arampell 27 Apr 2015
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        @paulg or the domain name (at least on the good TLDs) isn't available

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      1. Kurt Kumar‏ @KurtKumar 27 Apr 2015
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        @paulg Or maybe all the good ones are taken.

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      2. Sameer‏ @sameersatyam 27 Apr 2015
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        @paulg conversely , people come up with names for all sorts of stupid things..

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      3. Sameer‏ @sameersatyam 27 Apr 2015
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        @paulg and I know that's just a counter argument I'm not refuting the central point

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      1. Salvador Briggman‏ @sbriggman 6 May 2015
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        @paulg are you referring to having kids?

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      1. Matthew M. Gonzales‏ @matthewgonzales 1 May 2015
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        @paulg - I think your account might be hacked. Someone is tweeting crap advice about company names.

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      1. Mohit Mamoria  ⭐️‏ @mohitmamoria 28 Apr 2015
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        @paulg it's usually the toughest thing to do when writing code. Ironically, the code should exist anyway.

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      1. Kusuma‏ @kusuma_3 27 Apr 2015
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        @paulg what does banana republic name has to do with clothing brand? But they are still in business. How about Google?

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