Help me decide on a name for my physics project

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The discussion revolves around selecting a name for a physics project focused on ion thrusters. Participants engage in a light-hearted poll regarding potential names, which involve combining unusual words.

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  • Lourie seeks input on naming their physics project and has created a poll with various options.
  • Some participants express skepticism about the meaningfulness of the proposed names.
  • One participant suggests "Prowacona" as a potential name.
  • Another participant notes that the names, while sounding meaningless, actually relate to concepts of bending or diffraction in different languages.
  • There is a humorous exchange about the name "Jimmy," with one participant reminiscing about their dog.

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Hi everyone.

I've been working on 'n physics project, but can't decide on a proper name for it. I decide to combine one weird word with another word I already have. Unfortunately I cannot decide on the weird word! Could you please complete the following poll? It would only take a few seconds. Oh, and the project is about ion thrusters. Thanks!

http://bit.ly/projectname

Kind regards,
Lourie
 
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They are all equally meaningless. How are we supposed to decide?
 
Jimmy is a nice name.
 
Saladsamurai said:
They are all equally meaningless. How are we supposed to decide?

I would think that the Germans, French and Slowaks would be very disappointed to hear that their words are meaningless.

Maybe "Prowacona"

(project with a cool name)
 
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Saladsamurai said:
They are all equally meaningless. How are we supposed to decide?

It was my idea to let them sound meaningless, but they all actually mean bending or diffraction in a few different languages. I just want to know which one would sound the coolest.
 
Andre said:
<snip>I would think that the Germans, French and Slowaks would be very disappointed to hear that their words are meaningless.

Sorry, never heard of them. :-p
 
lisab said:
Jimmy is a nice name.
It sure is! If the people at the dog pound hadn't been calling my rescue dog "Duke" for all summer long, Jimmy would have been in the running. :-p
 

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