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JustSomeNobody is right. fail-as-a-noun is in the same dumb bucket as overuse of zombies.

Also outside of extreme cases, a silly product name should not be a big problem.



Sure, but where was all this sober reasonable wisdom earlier this week when dozens of comments were aghast at "Boom"?

Although, if ever there were a company closure about which one couldn't be too sure...




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