What's the meaning of "lot" in the word "mylot"?

Nanjing, China
February 17, 2017 12:56am CST
As a non-native speaker of English, I know phrases like "a lot of" , but who can tell me the meaning of "lot" in the word "mylot". It has become a question to me since I knew this web~~
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@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
17 Feb 17
The word 'lot' originally meant a particular thing or group of things listed as to be given or sold to - alloted to - someone. It's still used in auctions where things are sold by lot number and, when land was sold off in specific sizes in the United States, the areas sold were known as 'lots' and Americans still often refer to a piece of land as a 'lot' - you're probably familiar with the term 'parking lot'. 'Lot' is also sometimes used to mean one's purpose or status or fate in life. "It is a woman's lot to bear children and the man's lot to provide for them". 'To be happy with one's lot' means to be contented and satisfied with the life and status one has been allotted (=given) [by God]. 'Lots of things' comes from the same meaning and originally meant an indeterminate number of things parcelled up into lots, as if to be sold at auction. 'My lot' can also be used to describe the group of people to whom you belong - family or friends or whatever - and you might say, colloquially, "My lot are going to the game on Saturday, what about your lot?" You could understand 'myLot' as referring to any (or all) of these meanings, as you wish. In fact, the domain name was originally created for a garden furniture site and was intended to refer to a 'lot', being the name for the piece of land surrounding a house (called a 'garden' in British English). The domain name was later sold to the current owners and used for this discussion site where, if you like, the members can 'tend their gardens' and 'plant flourishing discussions'.
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• Nanjing, China
17 Feb 17
wow~ your introduction is very interesting! I like it! So it's not the current owner named it~ but they think the original name is not bad for a social website.
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@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
17 Feb 17
@ConnorWalden Yes, I guess they bought the name because it was short and catchy and easily remembered (and available) and because it could be used to describe a social networking site.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
17 Feb 17
I think no one can give an explanation better than this.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
17 Feb 17
There is an admin by the name of @Crash who explained this for use in a discussion many years ago. You can see it in the pic.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
20 Feb 17
@ConnorWalden Exactly!
• Nanjing, China
20 Feb 17
so just like "my place", right?
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