From the March 10, 2013, Chicago Tribune "What might have been: People, places and things nearly named something else entirely" by Rob Manker.
PORTLAND, OREGON-- Almost named Boston, Oregon. The two New England settlers of the town weer torn between Boston, Massachusetts, and Portland, Maine, for their new settlement's name. They flipped a coin and Portland won.
TWITTER-- When the founders were looking for a name for their new micro-blogging service. They came up with what a phone might do receiving one of the messages. They decided it would jitter and twitch. Not liking those two names, they opened a dictionary and came upon the word "twitter." Co-founder Jack Dorsey felt the word to be perfect for the short, inconsequential bursts of information.
Plus, the word is a combination of the first two words.
JUSTIN BIEBER-- His mother almost named him Jesse during her pregnancy. Once he was born, she decided he just didn't look like a Jesse. We're still not sure what he looks like.
Never, Ever Twittered. Guess I Might be a Twit-Less. --Cooter
OAKLAND RAIDERS--
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