MADELEINE BRAND, host:

And time now for another of our occasional Short Lists. See if you can figure out what connects this seemingly random collection of words.

STEVE PROFFITT reporting:

YourGrocer, Beautyjungle, Boo, Pets, bigzoo, AllAdvantage, Telegent, Exodus(ph), Eve, Productopia, Pracada(ph), Musician(ph), Pseudo Real Snowball(ph), Women, Work, AdMart, Encryptics, Boxman, DVD(ph), Garden, Fired Up, World Sport(ph), Value America, Pop(ph). These are the names of failed dot-com businesses. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.