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I’m not quite sure how I feel about that tool’s name. I like that it’s a slang but aren’t they overdoing it? Or am I misunderstanding the whole thing?
by Ecco 2y ago
I’m not quite sure how I feel about that tool’s name. I like that it’s a slang but aren’t they overdoing it? Or am I misunderstanding the whole thing?
- jganetsk 2y agoI know the Effingo team at Google. It comes from Latin https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/effingo#Latin https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/effingo#Latin
- dekhn 2y agothat doesn't stop the team from occasionally pronouncing it as "effing go"
- cathalc 2y agoAs someone who's never even seen the term written before, that's exactly how I pronounced it..
- mrinfinitiesx 2y agoyeah like the 'big falcon rocket' -> big fucking rocket effing go for me too
- mike503 2y agoYeah. F'ing go! is what I assumed.
- the-rc 2y agoBack when it was introduced as a replacement for Transfer Service 15 years ago or so, the mention of the Latin etymology was always accompanied by a wink...
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