Post AVipdgxZvIMxtLDXFI by Fritinancy@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AVipdgxZvIMxtLDXFI by Fritinancy@mastodon.social
       2023-05-16T17:39:57Z
       
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       When you see "zen" in a company or product name -- Zenify, Zendesk, Zenhub, Urban Zen, Zen Travel, Zen Brazilian Wax, Zentity, Hydra Zen, Organizational Zen, Piano Zen, Zen Movers, Zen Maids, etc., etc. -- what does it evoke? What are your associations with "zen"?
       
 (DIR) Post #AVipdht0TmJ4lS5Ol6 by junecasagrande@mastodon.social
       2023-05-16T17:41:10Z
       
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       @Fritinancy Just being chill, perhaps in a new-agey kinda way. But nothing more specific/truer to the root word than that.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVipdj2GCrIqKRQIoy by grammargirl@zirk.us
       2023-05-16T19:23:44Z
       
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       @junecasagrande @Fritinancy I agree that "zen" feels chill. Maybe a little new-age-y or left to me too. I have a hard time imagining conservatives or evangelicals using it to brand something as chill, for example.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVizq4sboZ6N5uRBw0 by Fritinancy@mastodon.social
       2023-05-16T21:18:03Z
       
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       @grammargirl @junecasagrande It's used *a lot* in tech branding.