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Re:An early look at Postgres 14: Performance and monitoring ... by whatshisface on Sunday May 23, 2021 @01:40PM (#27256896)
It's implied that someone is going around calling people with Down's syndrome "Mongos." "Mongol" is an actual non-offensive[0] word which means, unsurprisingly, someone who can trace their lineage back to the area around Mongolia.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongols (If it's used descriptively on Wikipedia, it's probably not considered offensive.)

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Re:An early look at Postgres 14: Performance and monitoring ... by randomswede on Monday May 24, 2021 @03:48AM (#27261955)
Mongol is not (as far as I am aware) an offensive word. Mongoloid[0] (which "mongo" is a shortened form of) in reference to people with Down Syndrome, definitely is.

My pet theory is that the database is named after a character in "Blazing Saddles", and I want to be able to store candy in it.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_syndrome#Name

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