Ask HN: What does "tendable" mean to you?

Posted by anthonycerra on Tuesday December 07, 2010 @02:31PM
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I'm working on a web app that I've had a hard time coming up with a name for. I finally thought of, and bought the domain for, tendable.com.

My co-founder and I were curious to know what people, with no prior knowledge of the context of the app, thought the service was about based on the name alone.

Any takers?

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Re:Ask HN: What does "tendable" mean to you? by jeffmould on Tuesday December 07, 2010 @02:37PM (#1980280)

A few things come to mind:

1. to "tend" to something. For example, a to-do list or monitoring service.

2. to extend something. For example, may be an API list or some kind of add-on.

3. related to number 1 above would be to be attentive to something.

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Re:Ask HN: What does "tendable" mean to you? by gyardley on Tuesday December 07, 2010 @03:09PM (#1980396)

Gardening first ('tend to my plants'), sick people second ('tend to a patient').

The generic usage of tend, '[plural noun] tend to [something]', is a bit too generic to evoke any strong mental image.

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Re:Ask HN: What does "tendable" mean to you? by jasonshen on Tuesday December 07, 2010 @02:35PM (#1980272)

It reminds me of "tenable" as in the opposite of "untenable", so basically something that is doable or possible. Also makes me think of "tending my garden" so perhaps its some sort of protective thing.

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Re:Ask HN: What does "tendable" mean to you? by bennyk on Tuesday December 07, 2010 @02:48PM (#1980314)

It's tend-able not ten-able. I thought the same when I first read this too. Tend to as taking care of business

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