[cowsup]

.com is not a full word either (company), or .org (organization), .net (internet), .gov (government), ...

[PartiallyTyped]

I thought .com was for "commercial".

[dsr_]

.com is for .com. You can interpret it any way you'd like and it doesn't make a difference to anyone who isn't currently interested in the history of DNS.

My preferred reading is .com for commonlymisinterpretedbypeoplewhodonotreadrfcsbutitdoesnotmatterintheslightest, which is a Welsh word meaning "oddly shaped sheep".

[TheRealPomax]

.com is literally the opposite of a "reserved to never be used" word though?

[saghm]

I'm not sure how that leads to the conclusion that other short, convenient TLDs like `.dev` should just be given to companies like Google to use very sparingly, if at all.

EDIT: Looks like I misunderstood what Google having .dev meant in the above discussion; domains using it are available to purchase through their registrar (or more precisely resellers since I guess they don't sell directly anymore)