What does Syfy mean?

[rcrush]

I dont know that word.

[Common Sense Party]

1. It was Sci Fi

Short for Science Fiction.

Why they changed it? Makes no sense.

[sakabatou]

3. They couldn't copyright the word "sci-fi"

[Common Sense Party]

4. I guess that makes sense. n/t

[Lilith Velkor]

9. Oh great, now we'll get the Hystree Channel and Dyskofri Channel.

X(

[WildEyedLiberal]

15. Bwahaha

I'm afraid that renaming it "SyFy" will be their excuse to start showing even more non-sci-fi things than they do now - more wrestling, more reality shows, more shit that panders to the 18-24 male demographic so that SyFy becomes yet another third-rate Spike TV ripoff. So far the programming is mostly the same, and their new shows are decent or promising, so maybe it'll be ok...

[sakabatou]

19. I hope they keep the anime

[WildEyedLiberal]

16. Oops, computer hiccup

[slay]

22. That is correct

that is how much that channel has sold out.. they think MARKETING is their problem - NO - the problem is these horrible movies they fund. a proper sci-fi channel would fund good series like Farscape and The Invisible Man like they used to but wow how much suck that channel has turned into. now that BSG is over i don't even watch it anymore... i know i will when Caprica starts back up.. i'll probably give Stargate Universe a shot too, but my opinion of the channel has been in free fall ever since they stopped carrying the classic Doctor Who series, then cancelled The Invisible Man, and then Farscape. fuck SyFy - i will never buy any of their associated merchandise crap or however they plan to generate funds from the crappy new name change.

signed,
pissed off sci-fi fan :)

[old mark]

2. Prolly seen teh freepr spelng.

Or text msgs.

Or jst stupd.

mrk

[Nevernose]

5. They were trying to go for a female audience, who traditionally

Wwo traditionally do not like SCIence FIction. Sounds like they think women are too stupid to spell phonetically, though, and anyone who doesn't like repeats of "Mansquito" or "Death Monkey" probably isn't going to start liking them due to a change in vowels anyway.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

6. Shut Yer F****** Yap!

STFU is so, well, yesterday.

:hi:

edidet due to typo

[GoddessOfGuinness]

12. +1

[Mudoria]

7. I'm sure it means in some unknown language

that "we cancel shows that Mudoria likes". Farscape, Stargate-SG-1, Stargate Atlantis and the list goes on...

[Deep13]

8. It's an abbreviation for syphilis. nt

[Orsino]

10. It's from the Latin...

...and translates roughly as "poorly written and acted movies."

[JitterbugPerfume]

11. it means they can't spell

and just about everything on this channel is crap

[EastTennesseeDem]

13. They're trying to get us to talk about the name change of the channel.

And divert attention from their made-for-TV movies.

Which is a smart marketing move.

[Dulcinea]

14. It's "text-ese."

Some marketing dork thinks it'll appeal more to the coveted 18-24 demographic.

[JTG of the PRB]

17. Syence Fyction, obviously.

:P

[Deja Q]

18. Syfylys

:hide:

[mwooldri]

20. I dunno, I just surf by the channel. Must be some weird acronym for "surf by". nt

[Frank Cannon]

21. Why, it's street lingo for a venereal disease, son

Stay away from "friendly girls".