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Re:Show HN: This Word Does Not Exist by tiborsaas on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @03:42PM (#23170936)
This is perfect to name startups / products. Very well done.
Re:Show HN: This Word Does Not Exist by dr_orpheus on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @04:59PM (#23171771)
Yes, I am here to launch my new cure-all "metasodium" its like sodium, but meta.

metasodium meta·sodium any of a group of silica compounds thought to act by the interaction of sodium with sodium, the latter of which has many physiological roles and is essential in the modulation of many physiological processes "a polymeric metasodium oxide from which such compounds in the cell cycle are derived"

Re:Show HN: This Word Does Not Exist by screenbeard on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @09:58PM (#23174336)
This sounds like the method Star Trek: Voyager writers used to come up with their technobabble
Re:Show HN: This Word Does Not Exist by johncoogan on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @03:48PM (#23170996)
Came here to comment this.
Re:Show HN: This Word Does Not Exist by cosbynator on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @03:52PM (#23171033)
I'll give it a go! Seems pretty easy to replace the blacklist test with a WHOIS lookup.
Re:Show HN: This Word Does Not Exist by Kaos-Industries on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @04:32PM (#23171514)
Don't bother, WHOIS is pretty much useless 9/10 times nowadays.