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    What does "zilla" mean?
    « on: June 17, 2015, 09:51:22 AM »
    I was reading the chat forum topics today for a good laugh, and I saw the name ChatZilla referring to an IRC application.  I use FileZilla every day on my job.  And there's Mozilla.  What does Zilla mean?  I looked up wikipedia's definition for it and another free online dictionary's definition, and I still don't get it.

    Oh wow. Learn something new every day.  I decided to look up Mozilla while composing this topic, and I saw it was founded by Netscape.

    I've been waiting for an end user of the system to ask me what is FileZilla, and I would respond "that is software which was developed by the son of Godzilla".
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    Re: What does "zilla" mean?
    « Reply #1 on: June 17, 2015, 10:05:25 AM »
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    I've been waiting for an end user of the system to ask me what is FileZilla, and I would respond "that is software which was developed by the son of Godzilla".
    Nominee for quote of the month.  O0
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    Re: What does "zilla" mean?
    « Reply #2 on: June 17, 2015, 07:55:06 PM »
    I don't think you'll find an actual definition of "Zilla" but it's basically a reference to the movie monster Godzilla and in common use means "monstrous" or something to that effect.  FileZilla would basically mean a monstrous FTP server while ChatZilla would be a monstrous IRC client.

    Back in the 70's there was an audio manufacturer named GAS (Great American Sound).  They produced 3 amplifiers "Ampzilla", "Son of Ampzilla" and "Grandson of Ampzilla".  I personally owned the "Son of Ampzilla" and can vouch for the fact that it was a monstrous amp.
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    Re: What does "zilla" mean?
    « Reply #3 on: June 17, 2015, 09:15:50 PM »
    Well, if you really need to know, it goes from Japanese.
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    Did you know how Gojira (Godzilla in Japanese) was named? According to Eiji Tsuburaya, the creator of Godzilla: "At the time, there was a tough- looking guy working on the Toho lot. His nickname was `Gojira'. We just adopted it for our monster. It caught on and certainly has immortalized him!"
    The form 'zilla' is a  womanizing Japanese words that end in 'jira'
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      Re: What does "zilla" mean?
      « Reply #4 on: June 18, 2015, 08:13:23 AM »
      Son of Ampzilla?!  I can hear Ampzilla asking his son, "What you up to, son?"  And he says, "15 amps."
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        Re: What does "zilla" mean?
        « Reply #5 on: June 18, 2015, 12:04:23 PM »
        Sorry Strollin.  I forgot to send thanks to you earlier.
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          Re: What does "zilla" mean?
          « Reply #6 on: July 06, 2015, 08:38:19 PM »
          The form 'zilla' is a  womanizing Japanese words that end in 'jira'
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