I’m sure you guys are well aware of the Japanese dictionary Goo.

<https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/>

Why is it called “Goo”? Even in romaji, Goo sounds unusual. I doubt it refers
to the English meaning of the word. I did some research on google and as far
as I can tell, it’s not a company either.

Is it an acronym for something? I’d really like to know.
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Goo Dictionary: What does it mean?
As described in the [Wikipedia page](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goo), _goo_
is supposedly an abbreviation for

> 「 **g** lobal network が無限大（ **∞** ）に拡大し続ける」

i.e. " **g** lobal network continues to expand infinitely" (infinity sign is
represented by **oo** )
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