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I've never heard that, though I've heard the racist "loid" version. Though I do love the dictionary definition of "mongo": "Items found in the trash that can
by rubyist5eva 5y ago
I've never heard that, though I've heard the racist "loid" version.
Though I do love the dictionary definition of "mongo":
"Items found in the trash that can be salvaged."
Sums up my views of mongodb pretty well, actually.
- slantyyz 5y agoAnd the version of the slur you're talking about is a pretty old one that I have not heard used in decades (of course that may be regional, generational, etc.) But like you, I have never heard "mongo" used in the same pejorative context.
- skinkestek 5y agoIt is a very common slur among kids in Norway and originally means someone who has the "mongoloid" syndrome. These days it just means "you idiot" after "pro choice" succeeded where Hitler "failed" and got rid of most people with downs syndrome.
- account-5 5y agoHilter was targeting people with downs syndrome? I thought it was Jews and Russians.
- skinkestek 5y agoCorrect, and not only them but also certain others who weren't perfectly healthy. In Germany parents who were NSDAP party members brought their kids in voluntarily. For more details look up Tiergartenstraße 4 or Aktion T4, but be aware that the details are ugly.
- skinkestek 5y agoToo late to edit and also only tangentially related but I think it is worth mentioning that Nazis also tried to get rid of Jehovas Witnesses, Gypsies and probably a number of others as well.
- jeltz 5y agoIt might be rare in English but it is very common in other languages.
- omgmajk 5y agoIn sweden/norway/some other countries it is often shortened to mongo and used a slur.