Nailed it. My brain always hears it as eczema script, which is never a good association.

Thought I was the only one seeing the resemblance (also flegma)

I don't know, I kind of like the name EctoScript. Although if it were me I'd just rename it WebScript and be done with it.

The ectoplasm name makes me want to make a "Don't cross the fs.createWriteStream()s" joke.

Obligatory: https://james-iry.blogspot.com/2009/05/brief-incomplete-and-...

> 1995 - Brendan Eich reads up on every mistake ever made in designing a programming language, invents a few more, and creates LiveScript. Later, in an effort to cash in on the popularity of Java the language is renamed JavaScript. Later still, in an effort to cash in on the popularity of skin diseases the language is renamed ECMAScript.

Agreed. WebScript would be better.

That’s always been my favorite proposal. WebScript is short and to the point.

the fact that it sounds bad out loud is its undoing

How is ecma related with eczema, eczema has more syllables and it has a "z" in the middle that makes it completely different for crying out loud.