When giving long method names

For methods that are not called frequently, or that you want to discourage users from calling frequently, it's good for them to have long, descriptive names.

訳: 頻繁に呼び出されないメソッド、またはユーザーが頻繁に呼び出すのを防ぎたいメソッドには、長くてわかりやすい名前を付けるとよいでしょう。

Polished Ruby Programming Chapter 4: Naming methods より。