I initially parsed the name as 'scaphoid', one of the carpal bones. I thought they were making a joke about reducing typing...turns out I just can't read properly.
We fight with the scaphoid bone on google every day ;). The name comes from the original vision to build a foundation upon which others can rapidly build. We saw the platform as a sort of scaffolding. One that helps you build your application and then melts away so you can focus on what is valuable to your customer.