Comments: XAPO.

I'm a little surprised that you didn't see a xapo - chapeau (or chapéu) connection.

Posted by MMcM at April 29, 2006 10:07 PM

For the curious:

Basque: xapo 'a little', adv. source

Posted by Ryan at May 4, 2006 04:49 PM

Thanks!

Posted by language hat at May 4, 2006 06:00 PM

Since no one who actually knows has weighed in, I'll risk embarrassing myself with a guess. Is xapo Portuguese baby-talk for 'frog' (sapo)? sapo dot pt is an ISP in Portugal with the obvious mascot.

Posted by MMcM at May 4, 2006 09:06 PM

'...in particular "Deez," "Xapo," and "Ocbo." Google is no help with the first and last because of competing acronyms and hip respelling respectively' - don't you have that backwards?

Posted by Eric Christopherson at May 5, 2006 01:25 PM

Good catch!

Posted by language hat at May 5, 2006 02:08 PM