Guess the company/game/etc. name meaning...

[Shoonay]

I've just watched a movie, where the main character guy lost his sense of tasting. This 'sickness' was named: "Agnosy", with "ag" being the word for negation, and "gnosis" meaning (in greek they said) "sense of tasting".
The first thing that springed in my mind, after that, was: "Psygnosis"!!!

So the secret behind this company name is the melange of words: "psychics" and "gnosis", right?



Are there any more so interesting, examples of company/game/etc. names that hide a "deeper" meaning, you know of?
If not why don't we try to play detective's and try to figure out some?

[spiff]

Ocean...
Endless depth of crap..

[Shoonay]

Originally Posted by spiff

Ocean...
Endless depth of crap..

LOL
I didn't mean it THAT literally

[spiff]

Gnosis comes from a Greek word meaning 'to know' in the sense of 'to
be acquainted'.
Gnosis in a more specific religious sense refers to
the knowledge of God and the fullness of the true spiritual realms
through direct personal experience. Similar terms are jnana
(Sanskrit) and ma'rifat (Arabic).
A gnostic is someone who has had
such an experience or who has been initiated into a tradition which
provides access to such personal revelations.

Some quick soc.religion.gnosis FAQ.
Wasn't psygnosis named psylapse at first?

[Shoonay]

Great ... now we need a greek dude, to judge that... Where are thou keropi?

Could the french-doctor from that movie be wrong?... and, aren't all medical therms rather latin than greek?

[spiff]

and "gnosis" meaning (in greek they said) "sense of tasting".

I doubt he's wrong. Rather that the litteral translation of the word doesn't cover the broad/modern concept. IE agnostic has a modern meaning as an agnostic thinks it impossible to know the truth in matters (such as God).

[Belgarath]

The Psy stands for mind Gnosis is to know, so it's translated as 'to know the mind'
Psyclapse was a label of Psygnosis, I believe lapse is Latin in origin though, not Greek.