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MongoDB didn't. Maybe for the best?

• atomical 9y ago
  Is there some controversy surrounding the name MongoDB?
  • flukus 9y ago
    A mong or mongoloid was originally a racial description/slur, then it transformed into a disability description (a downs syndrome person has mongoloid features) and finally became synonymous with stupid. It's a bit like being called NegroDB. In this time of PC outrage I honestly don't understand how it doesn't attract more attention.
    • dom0 9y ago
      > In this time of PC outrage I honestly don't understand how it doesn't attract more attention. Possibly because the shortened slur ("mongo") isn't prevalent in English speaking countries (while PC outrage seems to be a predominantly English effect). It is in other places and in these places it gives the MongoDB project name an extremely negative connotation. TBH that's actually one of the reasons (besides the poor track record) that I never used it, avoided it and argued for software not requiring it / against using software requiring it.
• vinum_sabbathi 9y ago
  mongo was short for humongous