Sunday, May 01, 2005
On the iSnob name
iSnob is of course a play on the popular Apple practice of putting 'i' in front of everything. It is interesting that iSnob has not yet been used, but just about everything else has been i-ified. A quick check of domain names already registered with 'i' tells you how popular this weird trend is:
Dot-coms already i-ified include: iApple, iBlog, iComputer, iDog, iEasy, iFood, iGod, iHorny, iJob, iKite, iLemon, iMoon, iNut, iOpen, iPark, iQuit, iRack (which surprisingly is not a muslim porn site), iStop, iTrash, iUmbrella, iVixen, iWash, iX, iZoo.
Even iEar, iMouth, iNose, and my favorite iEye (My son's favorites: iFart and iFarted) ARE TAKEN!
I challenge you to find words that have not already been snatched with an 'i' in front.
A few out there (it seems in New York) claim that iSnob is actually a term for those who think themselves superior because they own an iPod. But that is way too limited. The 'i' is usually thought of as meaning information or internet. So why would iSnob refer only to iPod? Indeed, it really refers to a snobishness that transends one device. The placement of an 'i' also makes the words self-referential (iSnob, uSnob, weSnob).
Dot-coms already i-ified include: iApple, iBlog, iComputer, iDog, iEasy, iFood, iGod, iHorny, iJob, iKite, iLemon, iMoon, iNut, iOpen, iPark, iQuit, iRack (which surprisingly is not a muslim porn site), iStop, iTrash, iUmbrella, iVixen, iWash, iX, iZoo.
Even iEar, iMouth, iNose, and my favorite iEye (My son's favorites: iFart and iFarted) ARE TAKEN!
I challenge you to find words that have not already been snatched with an 'i' in front.
A few out there (it seems in New York) claim that iSnob is actually a term for those who think themselves superior because they own an iPod. But that is way too limited. The 'i' is usually thought of as meaning information or internet. So why would iSnob refer only to iPod? Indeed, it really refers to a snobishness that transends one device. The placement of an 'i' also makes the words self-referential (iSnob, uSnob, weSnob).
