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Pornhub’s parent company is changing its name to total nonsense (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology

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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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[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year 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"

[–] Tangent5280 21 points 1 year ago

Lmao at 'One who sees seeds' Anybody on pornhub is sure to see lots and lots of 'man seed'

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year 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.

[–] TheRealKuni 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nike is the Roman god of victory.

To be pedantic, Victoria is the Roman version. Nike (Νίκη) is the Greek version of the goddess.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oops, yup, very true, I always confuse the Greek and Roman gods 😅