It’s always interesting to research the variations on your company name to see how others might perceive the name you’ve chosen. Here are a couple things I’ve run across while online:
Tweet – 80′s slang
Remember my posting about why I chose the name Tweet Sweet? Well, the Urban Dictionary online backs me up in my definition. The first posting reads: “Tweet: A mid-80′s preteen slang for cool. Derived from ‘sweet’. ‘Those shoes look tweet!’”
Tweet – Kinda like baby talk
I ran across the word “twee” which in British English or English English, is from “tweet”, a baby talk alteration of “sweet”. It is used to denote something that is overly sweet, knowingly cute or overly precious. It’s a strongly negative word, and a very useful one, that is in common British use.
Tout de Suite – speedy delivery?
After seeing a random posting online that mistakenly said “tweet sweet” in place of “tout de suite”, I investigated what this obviously French phrase meant. Sometimes shortened to just “tout suite”, or in the anglicised form as toot sweet, it means “immediately” or “right away”. As in “if you’d like to catch the movie, you better leave tout de suite.”
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