Richard MacManus at Read/WriteWeb has posted a great list of the 10 worst web app names. The comment section, just as great, shows that those ten have a lot of competition.
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- Amazon
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- Biznik
- Blekko
- coRank
- Digg
- Etsy
- Fabjectory
- Fairtilizer
- FedEx Kinko's
- Flickr
- Gnomedex
- How to Change the World
- Incesoft
- Incuby
- Jackson Fish Market
- Kijiji
- LiftPort
- Lilipip
- Limber Media
- MyBlogLog
- Noonhat
- PageFlakes
- Pandora
- Pathable
- PostSecret
- Side Job Track
- Six Apart
- Skype
- Surface
- TechCrunch
- Tenacious Offense
- Thoof
- Tinfinger
- TrenchMice
- Twine
- Unbox
- Utterz
- Verb for Shoe
- Waggle Labs
- Withoutabox
- YouTube
- ZenZui
- Zillow
- Zumobi
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Fairtilizer was by far the worst name in that list!