What are some words/names that sounded stupid when they first appeared but now seem normal

Brexit
iPad
Wii

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Wii still feels pretty stupid

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Spoopy

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Siri
Panini
Llama

Wiki

a little word called “democracy”

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Dogging

Strimmer

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Dappy.

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Gregg Wallace

Facebook

Ian Potato

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Fork

And what was your Damascene moment then?

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Actually a serious question. I can’t for the life of me remember when I last saw an actually floppy floppy disk, although I do remember them being the acme of cutting edge technology back in the 80s.

Rockism

I didn’t like “peng” for a long time but when I came around on it the kids had stopped saying it by that time.

all words really

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Bobson Dugnutt

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Bungee
Hackysack
Widget
Dongle