Meaning
Used as a noun:
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hiding place : CACHE
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something stored or hidden away
Used as a verb:
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to store in a usually secret place for future use
Trademark
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On an initial check, I could find no "Stash"-named trademarks that meant anything close to what we're doing.
URL's
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stash.org, .net, .com all taken
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stashapi.* and stash-api.* all free
Taglines
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Any cool usefull taglines
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30 second elevator pitches
Usage
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"name" feed
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"name" your site
Icons
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display sample icons here
Discuss
[BillTurner] Yes, there could be some drug connotations associated with this word (even the Merriam Webster definition included one), but as a word I think it articulates exactly what we're doing in almost all cases: a feed file and the archiving of content.
[jayseae] I think it's good as a noun, but am having problems visualizing verbs from Stash. Let's stash our blog. Grab the stash. Perhaps. Doesn't seem immediately clear, though. Anyone have any better examples?
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[MartinAtkins] What do we use the verb forms for anyway? I can't really think of any useful sentence where I'd use the name of this project in verb form, whatever it is.
[TomasJogin] I'll bet you a thousand to one that the verb people will use is "syndicate", regardless of what we call this format.
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[MartinAtkins] That's what I was thinking. "I have an Atom feed" is a much more sensible sentence than "My site is Atomed!" I don't believe that anyone could use the latter sentence and keep a straight face. "Atom up your life!"
[jayseae] Certainly a good point - perhaps we should revise the guidelines to get rid of the verb requirement?
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[TomasJogin] A name which can be used as both a noun and a verb is flexible, short, nice, whatever. That's a Good Thing (TM), even if very few people are going to actually say "stash"/whatever-the-name instead of "syndicate".
[MartinAtkins] When I first saw this name I thought of Slash. This name is too similar in my opinion, plus in some fonts a lower-case T probably looks a bit like a lower-case L. I also don't really see what this word has to do with this project. Are people pulling random words out of the air just to be difficult?