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Re:Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand by BoxOfRain on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @09:46AM (#28930619)
I'm not sure how successful this rebrand will be when the words "Zuck" or "Zucked" in popular English literally mean "to arbitrarily remove or ban something for stupid or arbitrary reasons".
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Re:Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand by Ftuuky on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @12:43PM (#28932843)
"Zuckerberged" means "to steal an idea from someone but change it just enough that you can claim it as yours". [0]

[0] https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Zuckerberged

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Re:Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand by lovich on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @11:55AM (#28932254)
Does it mean that? I’ve only seen Zuckerburg used as a verb to mean cheating your business partner out of the business
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Re:Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand by BoxOfRain on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @12:38PM (#28932790)
Anecdotally on Facebook itself I see the term "Zucked" thrown around a lot in groups for various topics, an example would be: "be careful with that post or you'll get the group Zucked". Maybe it's a regional or topic-specific thing but I see it quite a lot.
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Re:Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand by GoblinSlayer on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @10:52AM (#28931347)
Google did it before it went mainstream.
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Re:Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand by genericuser314 on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @11:30AM (#28931922)
to arbitrarily remove... for arbitrary reasons.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Popular English has taken a real hit in the last few years.

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Re:Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand by worldeva on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @01:54PM (#28933716)
If we're being pedantic, I'll one up you: The removal being arbitrary does not require that the reason is arbitrary; see: selective enforcement. :p
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Re:Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand by BoxOfRain on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @12:39PM (#28932805)
I'm not sure failing to proofread a throwaway comment on a social news site indicates anything about the state of popular English.
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