If you pronounce the X how it is in Chinese you get what essentially sounds like shitter

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    3 days ago

    Yes :D

    I love the ingenuity of that flip. He wanted it to sound cool; new name seemed to be invulnerable to mockery. But in the confusion following the change the boot licking news-places started making sure that no one mixes up the new name - “X, former Twitter”. Which shortens up just too perfect. If not for that, calling it Xitter would feel a little bit too much. But with that mouthful being banged on everywhere, it all just fell together perfectly