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serojja
Profile Joined March 2011
Ukraine90 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-05-31 08:21:05
May 31 2016 08:20 GMT
#1
Hi guys, my friends and I are working on the app and we are now deciding on the name of it. We like the word "goer" as it is short, sounding and most importantly reflects the idea of the app very well.

Since we are not native English speakers, I would like to ask you about your associatios when you hear or read this word - "goer", without knowing what this app is actually about.

Would be really thankful.
Velr
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Switzerland10870 Posts
May 31 2016 08:52 GMT
#2
It sounds like a 5 year old invented the word because he didn't knew the actual expression used for what he wanted to say.
FiWiFaKi
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada9859 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-05-31 09:02:28
May 31 2016 08:58 GMT
#3
Reminds me of when the federal government replaced the term "task force" to "work group" to make it sound less intimidating.

edit: Honestly though, it sounds very childish, and unless you have some revolutionary software I would avoid it at all costs.
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Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
May 31 2016 08:58 GMT
#4
The association I make when hearing the word is Herman Goering
Draconicfire
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada2562 Posts
May 31 2016 08:59 GMT
#5
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Luca_Goers

I don't think it sounds very nice.
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sceroh
Profile Joined September 2010
Belgium182 Posts
May 31 2016 09:23 GMT
#6
oe is sometimes pronounced as ö, especially in German.
I am not sure if it is meant to be pronounced "Go'er" or "Gör".
Shock710
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Australia6097 Posts
May 31 2016 09:28 GMT
#7
Sounds like someone whos outgoing, and out to do things. Goer, like a do-er, a go-getter.
dAPhREAk gives Shock a * | [23:55] <Shock710> that was out of context -_- [16:26] <@motbob> Good question, Shock!
Belisarius
Profile Joined November 2010
Australia6233 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-05-31 09:46:58
May 31 2016 09:40 GMT
#8
https://xkcd.com/1133/

It sounds childish or simple or cutesy. Like someone is trying to think of a word that means "a person who is going" but it's all too complicated, so uses a not-word instead. It's not a word you would ever actually use in conversation.

That's not necessarily a problem if that's what you're going for, but that's what it gives.
plated.rawr
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Norway1676 Posts
May 31 2016 11:25 GMT
#9
So what's this app supposed to do? I'm thinking it sounds like a mangled version of 'going', so some sort of exercize-app?
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Yurie
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
12078 Posts
May 31 2016 11:40 GMT
#10
I am also on the going association. So either some travel, map or exercise app is what I think about.
tenacity
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
1587 Posts
May 31 2016 12:09 GMT
#11
On May 31 2016 17:58 Chairman Ray wrote:
The association I make when hearing the word is Herman Goering


lol
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nanaoei
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
3358 Posts
May 31 2016 12:15 GMT
#12
a real "get-goer"
i don't like it personally, as a hipster for these things, but i don't see how it wouldn't fit as a travel app.
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Salteador Neo
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Andorra5591 Posts
May 31 2016 12:25 GMT
#13
I thought about "Go There" or a "person that goes to many places".
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DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States45434 Posts
May 31 2016 12:32 GMT
#14
On May 31 2016 21:15 nanaoei wrote:
a real "get-goer"
i don't like it personally, as a hipster for these things, but i don't see how it wouldn't fit as a travel app.


Except a person is a real go-getter, not a real get-goer.

"Goer" just sounds odd, like someone is saying the last word in "blood and gore" with a drawl.
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Velr
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Switzerland10870 Posts
May 31 2016 12:38 GMT
#15
I could totally see it being used in a Donald Trump speak... "I'm the greatest around goer".
ahw
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Canada1099 Posts
May 31 2016 12:57 GMT
#16
Does not English well.

Simberto
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Germany11791 Posts
May 31 2016 15:51 GMT
#17
On May 31 2016 18:40 Belisarius wrote:
https://xkcd.com/1133/

It sounds childish or simple or cutesy. Like someone is trying to think of a word that means "a person who is going" but it's all too complicated, so uses a not-word instead. It's not a word you would ever actually use in conversation.

That's not necessarily a problem if that's what you're going for, but that's what it gives.


The Up-Goer 5 was my first association, too.

A bit more thinking lead me to believe that at least in the german speaking areas you will have the problem that "Gör" means "bratty child", and oe is often used as ö on the internet due to some programs having problems with weird letters.
KwarK
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States43814 Posts
May 31 2016 15:59 GMT
#18
On May 31 2016 17:58 Chairman Ray wrote:
The association I make when hearing the word is Herman Goering

He was a real go getter in fairness. Nobody ever called him inefficient. Twice.
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radscorpion9
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Canada2252 Posts
May 31 2016 17:30 GMT
#19
Well apparently "goer" really is an English word according to google. But please don't use it, it just sounds so silly. Almost
no one in the English speaking word says "I'm a goer!!" as far as I know
Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21244 Posts
May 31 2016 17:36 GMT
#20
On May 31 2016 17:58 Chairman Ray wrote:
The association I make when hearing the word is Herman Goering

i laughed
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