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I've found that's true for almost all naming and branding. If you have to try to improve the name of a company/product/job, it probably wasn't a very good company/product/job to begin with OR the name is overly aspirational and the reality is the opposite of what you're trying to name it.

secretary --> executive Assistant

waiter --> server

garbage man --> sanitation engineer

janitor --> custodian

Any company/product that has the word "best" or "fast" --> Not the best or fastest at all

strip club --> gentlemen's club

Etc.




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