Both “transistor” (transconductance and varistor) and “bit” (binary digit) come to mind as new technical words.
Quoting from Jon Gertner’s The Idea Factory.
The new thing needed a new name, too. A notice was circulated to thirty-one people on the Bell Labs staff, executives as well as members of the solid-state team. “On the subject of a generic name to be applied to this class of devices,” the memo explained, “the committee is unable to make [a] unanimous recommendation.” So a ballot was attached with some possible names. [...] The recipients were asked to number, in order of preference, the possibilities:
Both “transistor” (transconductance and varistor) and “bit” (binary digit) come to mind as new technical words.
Quoting from Jon Gertner’s The Idea Factory.
(Further examples of bad naming conventions: https://willcrichton.net/notes/naming-conventions-that-need-to-die/)