razorfish

American  

[rey-zer-fish] / ˈreɪ zərˌfɪʃ /

noun

plural

razorfish,

plural

razorfishes

1. any of several wrasses of the genus Hemipteronatus having a compressed, sharp-edged head, as H. novacula pearly razorfish, of the West Indies and the Mediterranean Sea.

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Etymology

Origin of razorfish

First recorded in 1595–1605; razor + fish

Example Sentences

“A decent minority of them were buying and discussing everything—Polycom, Corel, Razorfish, Pets.com, TIBCO, Microsoft, Dell, Intel are the ones I specifically remember, but areyoukiddingme-dot-com was how my brain filtered a lot of it…. I would just keep my mouth shut, because I didn’t want anybody there knowing what I was doing on the side. I felt I could get in big trouble if the doctors there saw I wasn’t one hundred and ten percent committed to medicine.”

From Literature

In the late ’90s, companies like AltaVista and Razorfish received the most extraordinary valuations in the history of the stock market, and their foosball-table-filled offices were the subject of breathless coverage.

From New York Times

Publicis acquired Razorfish from Microsoft in 2009, for about $530 million.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yet, as Claire Woodcock, strategy manager at digital agency, Razorfish, says: "Adults are no different to children in that we learn best through play."

From BBC

“They’re not Amazon or PayPal,” said Jason Goldberg, a retail expert at digital agency Razorfish.

From The Guardian