i was thinking
>vi
great editor name, 1 syllable
>vim
still great
>neovim
3 syllables, wtf are you doing

editor technology and specifically vi* development has shown itself to keep advancing with the times, so we may expect vi* to live on for some decades more.
whats the future incarnation going to be? "neovim++"?
my ideas are
>envy
from a shortening of neovim to "NV". still 2 syllables though
>niv / nav / nev / nov
same as above, but from "nv", where the nomenclature is youre supposed to pronounce it with a vowel.
advantages are that it could be marketed with an arabic letter logo, nun-vav. and also "niv" kind of sounds like "vim" backwards so it's familiar.
>ted
for "tactile editor". this is if vibe coding paired with visual studio or yet-unknown ai-integrated ide becomes so popular that some people just never need to make precise text edits. "vi" now becoming a meaningless distinction since everything has been "visual" for a long time, ted would reaffirm traditional editing by keeping the repertoire of vi commands in a 2040s era app.