Origins Quiz — Monday, October 19, 2026

What device name did a California naming firm, Lexicon Branding, produce in 1999 for a Canadian company's new email pager? The team started with 'strawberry', liked the fruit but found the first half too slow a word, and swapped in a darker one. In 2013 the company renamed itself after the product.

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