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One of the first links in google: http://www.oddee.com/item_93544.aspx http://www.oddee.com/item_93544.aspx The word is not taken from Italian, it was invented
by avodonosov 10y ago
One of the first links in google: http://www.oddee.com/item_93544.aspx http://www.oddee.com/item_93544.aspx
The word is not taken from Italian, it was invented first, and then somebody said it collides with an Italian word.
If they changed the name to avoid Italian clash they could collide with Swahili or some other of hundreds of the worlds languages.