Technabob » prius http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Weird Science Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:00:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 I Love Those Toyota Priora: Origins of Popular Hi-Tech Names http://technabob.com/blog/2009/03/04/origins-of-hi-tech-names/ http://technabob.com/blog/2009/03/04/origins-of-hi-tech-names/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:30:21 +0000 Lambert Varias http://technabob.com/blog/?p=9897 If you happen to meet an Indonesian man and you tell him that you like watching TV programs at Hulu, he may tell you that he just likes staring at Hulus. That’s because “Hulu” means “butt” in Indonesian. So…we’ve been watching videos from a butt. I knew it.

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Mentalfloss has the details on that as well as on 7 other hi-tech names, like Toyota’s Prius (whose plural is still Prius according to the Japanese automaker), and Wikipedia (“wiki” means “fast” in Hawaiian). It’s something you can use to strike up a conversation with that cute geek you’ve been eyeing. You just walk up to her and go, “Did you know that Hulu means “butt”?” Nevermind. It’s all useless information.

Also, as you can see I have once again leveled-up my Photoshop skillz. They’re now at a world class level -7.

[via Gizmodo]

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