I actually like a lot its original working title Mocha, I wish they had kept it. Even though it's not particularly descriptive, at least it's honest about not having anything to do with Java.
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WebScript. Or maybe better DynaScript? (dynamic but also sometimes as dangerous as dynamite ;)
I actually like a lot its original working title Mocha, I wish they had kept it. Even though it's not particularly descriptive, at least it's honest about not having anything to do with Java.
TypeScript
WTFScript... "why it is doing this"
Black Magic!
AnyScript... Cuz it's lack of rigidity kinda allows you to make pretty much anything.
MoneyMoneyMoneyScript
InterfaceScript
BrowserScript...ah crap nodejs. Let's call it AES asynchronous event script :)
BSS: browserSideScript
LiveScript, the first official name before it was renamed to Javascript.
The name was appropriated by something different. Currently it is a separate language, which compiles to JavaScript livescript.net
Java