I suppose I should have done this long ago:

I want to rebrand Wapp due to the confusion with the vulgar and salacious Cardi B song "Wap". To do this will be a compatibility break, but you should be able to port all of your scripts using something like:

sed 's/wapp/NEWNAME/a' old-script >new-script

Question: What should the new name be. Proposed requirements:

• Very short, because it name is used as a prefix on all of the commands. Four characters or less.

• Unpronounceable - so as not to be usurped by some new porno-pop song or similar. Perhaps the easiest way to achieve this is to omit vowels from the name. Perhaps also avoid the letter "x".

Any suggestions are welcomed.

In my opinion, the new name should be the old one. Okay, I'm not a native speaker, but I have no associations with the aforementioned song or slang. On the contrary, I like "Wapp" as the brand name and for me it is an acronym of "Web app". I would stand by it. I rather see the danger that a new construct of 3-4 consonants, (a) becomes unpronounceable, (b) seems arbitrary and (c) there is the danger that some future inappropriate internet or social trend could then hit exactly this abbreviation - then we would be back at the same point.

A word can have multiple meanings. When I hear or read something, my default interpretation of someone else's intention is closely related to the context and in most cases the right inference. If not, it's still up to me how I respond and not the other person's fault.

I use Wapp in github.com/dbohdan/tinyfts and to test github.com/dbohdan/jsonwatch. I suggest keeping the name. Wapp predates the song "WAP", is spelled and capitalized differently, and will remain in use after the song—already several years old—fades from the public consciousness. That's what happens with songs. While you may know and very much dislike the song, I wasn't aware of it at all. Most Tcl programmers probably aren't.

Of course, this is your project, and you are free to rename it for any reason whatsoever. I am only saying the supposed confusion with "WAP"-the-song isn't a convincing reason.

Not 100% seriously,but I do believe in fighting fire with fire, so how about Web Tcl Framework, or wtf or short.

I use wapp in a very simple way in my Making Tax Digital scripts for communicating with HMRC, where it performs an essential role quietly, seamlessly, and without problems. Most pop songs, porno or otherwise (I'm not aware of this one, but then I'm classically trained), are so ephemeral I would just shrug it off. Vowels or no, someone will turn the initials into words, they always have with mine (SFB). Remember NTSC (never twice the same color)?

Good luck in finding a rebrand you like.

Kind regards,

Steve Blinkhorn steve@prd.co.uk

I honestly wouldn't worry about it. Wapp is a great, meaningful, memorable name and it'd be a shame to throw it away just for this.

I didn't even know about the song (looks like it reached the top of charts mostly in anglophone countries), and even now that I know about it I'm sure I wouldn't associate it with a web framework.

Also

you should be able to port all of your scripts using [search and replace]

in my experience this is almost never holds.