Has “domain name” become a banned word too?
I really don’t get people these days—they don’t just talk normally, but keep using all sorts of bizarre words to replace everyday ones.
For example, if you translate “米” as “rice,” foreigners would probably just shake their heads.
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Domain Name - Yumimi (lit. “Yumi”, slang for domain name)
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Domain name ≈ “yùmǐ” (corn) → Abbreviated as “mi”
From left to right, this should make it easier for OP to understand 
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Because the word for domain name sounds like “yùmí” (玉米), which means corn, people just started calling it “corn.” That’s just my guess, though.
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Because some people have unclear pronunciation (or maybe it’s their dialect), they pronounce “domain” as “yumi” (which literally means “corn”).
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That’s just our professor.
Is that what the place is called?
That’s something that’s always confused me, but now I finally understand it today.
You’re right, but I don’t get what the meme/joke is about.
It’s not really a banned word or anything, it’s just like how people call standalone servers “Du Fu”—it’s just become a habit because it sounds catchy.
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Domain name - “ym” (homophone for “domain” in Chinese) - “mi” (homophone for “domain” in Chinese)
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Makes some sense.
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Domain name = “Yùmǐ” (corn) = “Mǐ” (rice)
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That’s just how it is now—meaningless internet buzzwords are everywhere. To be blunt, it’s hard to accept but we still put up with it, and there’s nothing we can do about it.
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That’s how this so-called insider jargon comes about—outsiders are completely baffled, while insiders just smile knowingly.
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Isn’t that going to clash with the slang for money (they both use ‘mi’) 
I’m not a fan of using alternative terms or pinyin initials.
If someone’s a programmer, just call them a programmer—why call them a “code monkey”?
It’s usually the first person who says it that thinks it’s funny, then a bunch of people jump on the bandwagon, and in the end it just catches on and spreads
Back in the days when SmartABC was the only input method, if you typed “yum” and hit space, it would come up as “玉米” (corn). It was just a quirky nickname, not what the OP described as “not speaking properly.” It’s just a bit of fun—people find their own ways to enjoy things.