By: Fritinancy
Great analysis, Chris. As you probably know, the company’s original name was “Fabulis,” which of course needed to be spelled out every time it was uttered. The founders say only that they got “a great...
View ArticleBy: Shakirah Dawud
I like the name, too, but I read the entire post hoping you’d illuminate me: what do you call the “ae” thingy in the middle? It’s purely decorative, I assume?
View ArticleBy: John Humphrey
Hi Name Inspector! Not the exact number, but Jason Goldberg describes how he acquired Fab.com in an audio snippet I clipped from a Kevin Rose Foundation interview. Found here:...
View ArticleBy: The Name Inspector
Shakirah, you’re right, I should have explained this in my post. Those symbols aren’t the Fab logo but a phonetic representation of the name. A long time ago I included phonetic representations in...
View ArticleBy: Tommy Coffee
Playing the negative nancy, fab, when associated with fabricate, makes me think of an invented story or lie, which then causes fab to remind me of the word “fib.” This then links me to the homesexual...
View ArticleBy: The Name Inspector
Tommy, the comments on this site shamefully overrepresent the tolerant and open-minded. Thanks for introducing a little balance by presenting a narrower, more bigoted perspective. I know nothing about...
View ArticleBy: Carl
While I love the name Fab and I think it can be a wonderful site, I don’t see men going to the site. No man is going to tell his friends that he likes Fab. Sorry but you are alienating 50% of the...
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