Jepsen Disputes MongoDB's Data Consistency Claims

Re:Jepsen Disputes MongoDB's Data Consistency Claims by tincholio on Sunday May 24, 2020 @03:25AM (#23289813)

It also does in Spanish, it's a (rather old, but still used) shortened version of "retard" (from "mongólico", originally used to describe people with Down's syndrome).

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Re:Jepsen Disputes MongoDB's Data Consistency Claims by morelisp on Sunday May 24, 2020 @05:36AM (#23290367)

This is true in virtually all languages, as John Langdon Down used it to refer to the syndrome he first characterized, that today instead bears his name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolian_idiocy

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Re:Jepsen Disputes MongoDB's Data Consistency Claims by mr_gibbins on Sunday May 24, 2020 @05:17AM (#23290291)

Lose the O and it's also a nasty piece of British slang meaning the same thing.

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Re:Jepsen Disputes MongoDB's Data Consistency Claims by jwdunne on Sunday May 24, 2020 @05:26AM (#23290324)

It’s funny. Someone I used to know from Scotland is/was a software tester by day. She went mental about the name of their companies new DB. All over social media. “Derogatory, backwards”

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Re:Jepsen Disputes MongoDB's Data Consistency Claims by danielscrubs on Sunday May 24, 2020 @04:51AM (#23290177)

Same in Swedish

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Re:Jepsen Disputes MongoDB's Data Consistency Claims by HelloNurse on Sunday May 24, 2020 @05:17AM (#23290288)

Same in most languages, but there's also Emperor Mongo in Flash Gordon stories, definitely alluding to Mongol conquering hordes.

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Re:Jepsen Disputes MongoDB's Data Consistency Claims by danielscrubs on Sunday May 24, 2020 @04:15PM (#23294346)

Most languages would be a stretch, there are over 7000 languages in the world.

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