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What is this inane trend here on HN of referring to companies with the names they are registered to stock exhange?

• pboutros 10y ago
  It shows that we are #savvy. /s
• intsunny 10y ago
  For many of us its sheer laziness and its been this way for a long time. GOOG is faster to type than Google. (This is especially true for MSFT.)
  • bdcravens 10y ago
    I remember MSFT being a common reference on Slashdot way back when.
  • jshevek 10y ago
    I like that it is more accurate than saying Google ( it's Alphabet now after all), while still using a reference we are familiar with.
• Nicholas_C 10y ago
  Shorthand.
• deleted 10y ago
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