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		Tade0 65 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Pegma, an open-source version of the clas... It appears that every short word means something obscene in some language. Advice would then be to avoid short names for products altogether.

froh42 65 days ago | [–]

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/17ay2l3/til_...

Mitsubishi renamed the Pajero in Spain, because "pajero" means "wanker".

rlv-dan 65 days ago | | [–]

Honda Jazz was first called Fitta which is cunt in Swedish.

GlebShalimov 65 days ago | [–]

I agree. I wanted to add something short and creative

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