As I was going over some notes on our internal wiki, I ran across a list of rejected names for the framework that become Django: brazos superglue bodhisattva webbing boidae bohdi skoro consolidata piston physique silhouette valance anson The Python Web Framework (PWF) Tornado Publishing System Web Type Framework Pypeline super magic machine magic machine private dancer “the CMS” The Give-a-Damn machine boltdozer banister garbonzo Simon fizgig palmy cogent pith pithy pyth pythy festoon poeks lavalier clerisy bandwidth django