[시사영어 2023-07-24] 스크의 ‘X’ 사랑, 트위터 사명 로고도 변경

Elon Musk Says Twitter Will Change Its Logo to X

 

Elon Musk said he plans to make Twitter’s signature blue bird fly away.

signature : 서명, 특징

In a series of tweets early Sunday, the billionaire owner of Twitter said the social media company would soon switch its longtime logo—the silhouette of a jovial blue bird—to an “X.”

 

silhouette  : 검은윤곽, 실루엣으로 나타내다, 외형

jovial : 아주 쾌활한

 

 

Twitter said earlier this year that it had a new company name, X Corp., and was a privately held company incorporated in Nevada, instead of Twitter’s previous domicile in Delaware.

domicile : 거주지, 주소

Twitter’s principal place of business remains San Francisco, where the company is based.

X Corp. has a parent company named X Holdings Corp.

principal : 주요한, 주된, 학장, 총장

The company name change aligns with a vision about which Musk has tweeted, which is using his acquisition of Twitter to help create “X, the everything app.”

align with : ~에 맞추어 조정하다
tweet : 짹짹
acquisition : 습득, 구입한 것, (기업) 인수

Musk, whose rocket company Space Exploration Technologies is called SpaceX, has a long history with the letter.

His former online banking startup, X.com, later became PayPal after a merger with another firm.

Musk often refers to one of his children as X.

refer to : 참고하다, 언급하다, (사전을)조사하다

“Not sure what subtle clues gave it away, but I like the letter X,”

subtle : 미묘한, 교모한, 영리한,절묘한
clue ; (범행의)단서, (문제 해결의) 실마리, 힌트

Musk tweeted Sunday, along with a photo of himself making an X with his forearms.

along with : ~에 덧붙여, ~와 마찬가지로
forearm : 팔뚝