HPE found themselves in a similar position several years back with their ProLiant line of x86 servers. Each "generation" of those systems used to be referred t

HPE found themselves in a similar position several years back with their ProLiant line of x86 servers. Each "generation" of those systems used to be referred to as "g4" or "g5", then "g6", etc. When time came for the 8th generation systems, all the nomenclature suddenly shifted to "gen8" instead of "g8" without much explanation offered. Come to find out, "g8" is offensive slang for "cock" in Chinese. China being a huge market, HPE thought it better to change the entire naming scheme of their server line rather than deal with any potential blowback from naming their systems "g8".