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, definitel

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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_syndrome#Name