Owner review 47 — rulings (2026-10-27)
Status: Active · Date: 2026-10-27 · The name is open again. The owner: "We definitely need a new name. Dabusi just doesn't work." Then the direction for the round: "Let's do Korean words or things that sound familiar Koreans that would touch on the theme of tennis, group, together, sports and/or inclusiveness. I mean as long as we can foster a sense of community or if we make it sound cute and short, that would be fine." Evidence: the naming history, rounds 6 to 25, the screens, meaning and perception. The shortlist, to mark and comment on: https://claude.ai/artifact/SsuTgikxDED2fC44d37oxz. Companion: review 21, which chose Dabusi, and review 25, which kept it.
What the round did
- Read every earlier round first. About 640 names went through reviews 6 to 25. The owner's words across them: short names with little connotation (Band, Strava, Maru); plain two-syllable Korean words; nothing that sounds like a derivative of 당근; the owner's own proposals were old community words (모꼬지, 두레, 또래, 마주, 두루, 바투). No reason for rejecting Dabusi is recorded. The lead's read: the word is too rare (most readers in the 40 to 60 core take it for a typo of 오붓이), and it is three syllables and six letters.
- Lifted the vowel rule of reviews 12 to 20 (no ㅓ, ㅡ, ㅐ, ㅢ, no tense consonants). This round is Korean first, and the rule had cut many warm words before any trademark search.
- Wrote 102 words on the owner's themes: together and inclusion, tennis and its sounds and slang, sport and energy, cheers and work chants, cute and short.
- A fast KIPRIS pass dropped 46 with an identical live mark in classes 9, 35, 36, 38, 41, 42 or 45 (among them 어깨동무, 한마음, 오순도순, 티키타카, 하이파이브, 공터, 나이스, 튼튼).
- The full screen (KIPRIS title search, USPTO, TMview, RDAP, App Store) dropped more: 통통, 원팀, 품, 테친, 다같이, 나도, 랠리, 핑퐁, 케미, 크루, 동호, and, once a bracketed tag counts as identical, 폴짝 (POLJJAC), 삼삼오오 (3355), 다들 (DODDLE), 얼씨구 (ULSIGOO).
- The meaning lane cut 타독 (not a word; 독 reads as poison), 공친구 and 공친 (공치다 = to come away empty-handed), 말벗 (tied to services for lonely elders), 벙개 (번개장터 and adult associations), 끼리 (a clique, and Kiri cheese), 또르르 (a tear), and set 테린이 aside (it labels members as beginners; a same-category app exists).
- Every near mark of the shortlisted names was read by hand.
The shortlist (on the page, for the owner's Like, Maybe or No)
| Tier | Name | Why | The catch |
|---|---|---|---|
| My picks | 치자 / Chija | "Let's hit": the verb of every racket sport, what members already say | A reader may see the gardenia first; chija.com is taken |
| My picks | 하나둘 / Hanadul | 회원이 하나둘 모여요: members arrive one by one, then play as one | "Hana-dull" in English; Hana Bank echo |
| My picks | 공벗 / Gongbeot | "Ball friend"; the cleanest in the round: no mark, no app, every domain free | A new, literary word; hard ending [공벋] |
| Also strong | 칠래 / Chillae | "Want to play?": the name is an invitation; every domain free | 세븐의 골프칠래 is registered in 35, 38, 41 (golf shows and retail) |
| Also strong | 으쌰으쌰 / Eussa | The shout of a group lifting together | 으쌰 (eussya) is registered in 9, 35, 42 (an individual, 2017–18); a 변리사 can check non-use |
| Also strong | 한데 / Hande | 한데 모여요: the plainest "together" | Homonym "out in the open"; HANDE in TR class 35 and CN class 42 |
| Also strong | 곁 / Gyeot | One warm syllable, like Band | 곁에, 곁으로, 하루곁 are registered in our classes; a death euphemism |
| Cute and short | 공놀이, 데구루루, 동글이 | Playful; the logo and voice would carry the club | No group meaning of their own |
Later the same day: 완두, symbols, soft openings and court words
The owner, in order: "How about something symbolic? Are there cute animals or fruits or vegetables that are associated images of similar things gathered together? I know 당근 exists, and sure, I want ours to be more about racquet sports, but I can't think of o ne"; "완두 is a cute name. Something round, green and peas in a pod. Anything like this? It hits at multiple levels. Can we see if we can use it for our app?"; "I like words that starts with soft sounding vowel (like 완두) because it delivers a softer image which projects acceptance. And let's not limit our search to Korean words then. English words can also come into place."; "Make sure to also inspect tennis-related terms".
- 완두 is not clear (the clearance). A family shared calendar named 완두 (invite codes, shared schedules) launched on the App Store on 2026-09-29, and 완두콩 was filed in classes 9 and 42 the same day; 완두콩 is also published in 35 and 38 and registered in 41. Every Wandu address but
.io,.club,.teamand theget/app/joinforms is taken, and the meaning lane adds the 원두 confusion and an Indonesian slur. - Screened the same way: 40 symbols (fruit, vegetables and animals that gather or look like a ball), 45 words that open softly (Korean and English) and 25 court words. Most common words are registered, the English ones too (Ohana, Even, Una, Orb, Unison, Aloha) and most court words (앙투카, 온코트, 러브올, 베이글, 발리, 로브, 퍼즈, 드롭샷, 잔디).
- Added to the shortlist page, ahead of the first pass:
| Section | Name | Why | The catch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your idea | 완두 / Wandu | Round, green, many in one pod | Taken next to us (above) |
| Soft openings | 알알이 / Arari | Each little round one; opens on 아; said [아라리] | An adverb; spelling and sound differ |
| Soft openings | 알콩 / Alkong | A round bean, and 알콩달콩 | 알콩콩 in 9, 41, 42; a couples-quiz app |
| Soft openings | 해달 / Haedal | Sea otters sleep holding paws | A dating app named 해달; crowded marks |
| Round and together | 풋콩 / Putkong | Green beans in the pod; nothing holds it | Opens on ㅍ; 풋 = unripe |
| Round and together | 청포도 / Cheongpodo | A green bunch; 이육사's poem | Three syllables; opens on ㅊ |
| Round and together | 병아리 / Byeongari | Fuzzy yellow like a ball; a flock; a beginner | Opens on ㅂ; 병아리 유치원 in class 9 |
| Round and together | 한깍지 / Hankkakji | "In one pod", and 손깍지 | Not a dictionary word |
| From the court | 올코트 / Allcourt | An all-court player; opens on 올, "all" | A tiny US tennis app, Allcourt Pro |
The lead's calls, for veto
- Korean first. The Latin spelling follows the Revised Romanization and matters less than before; the vowel rule is retired for this round.
- Nothing is renamed in code, boards or the store until the owner picks and a 변리사 clears the pick. The user-facing rename to Dabusi (2026-10-14) stays in place until then.
- The shortlist page records the picks (Like, Maybe, No and a note per name) in its own store, which the lead reads and answers under each name.
Open for the owner
- Mark the shortlist. If none lands, the notes steer the next round.
- For the pick: a 변리사's sound (칭호) search, then the filing (EXT-17) and the addresses and handles (EXT-18), which now wait on the new name.