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> Why call it Peng? > Peng (traditional Chinese: 鵬; simplified Chinese: 鹏; pinyin: péng; Wade–Giles: p'eng) or Dapeng (大鵬) is a giant bird that transforms from
by dj_mc_merlin 2y ago
> Why call it Peng?
> Peng (traditional Chinese: 鵬; simplified Chinese: 鹏; pinyin: péng; Wade–Giles: p'eng) or Dapeng (大鵬) is a giant bird that transforms from a Kun (鯤; 鲲; kūn; k'un) giant fish in Chinese mythology.
Just a funny coincidence, in British slang, a bird is a woman, and being peng means being attractive..
- soylentcola 2y agoI'd just assumed that "Ni" and "Neee-wom" were already taken.
- unclad5968 2y agoI was curious. Seems like peng the British slang has Jamaican origins, maybe. https://english.stackexchange.com/a/66906 https://english.stackexchange.com/a/66906
- nescioquid 2y agoIt's also the sound a gun makes when it's fired (in German). There's a pipeline-related joke in there somewhere.
- faitswulff 2y agoOh huh, my brain went to peng 碰 for 碰到 first, meaning "to collide."
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