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by pandemic_region 3y ago
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- phyrex 3y ago“Nima” could be read as “your momma” in mandarin
- twic 3y agoIt's a weird name, because it's a transliteration of the Greek word for "thread", which would conventionally be "nema" in English (as in nematode worms, nematocysts, Treponema, etc).
- logicchains 3y agoIt's the most common Chinese swear word, "your mother" (你妈）.
- meitham 3y ago“Zip” is penis in Arabic, so I remember at university our female colleagues would read it as an abbreviation “ZIP” zed-eye-pee to avoid the embarrassment!