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Re:CockroachDB 1.0 by lovich on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @03:59PM (#14311125)
Wasn't mongo slang for humongous? Like Mongo from Blazing Saddles?
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Re:CockroachDB 1.0 by orthecreedence on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @04:29PM (#14311366)
In the UK "mongo" is synonymous with "retard" if I'm remembering correctly.
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Re:CockroachDB 1.0 by zerg2k on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @07:04PM (#14312532)
In Spanish it is also a synonym for retard
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