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The original PIIGS and now PIGS are acronyms similar to BRIC( Brazil, Russia, India and China.) The acronym has been around for 14 years now and is fairly well-known to anyone that follows economic issues. Your own assumption of malice on the part of the OP is the thing that's not civil.

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As per the wikipedia page of PIGS : "The term is widely considered derogatory and its use was curbed during the period of the European crisis by the Financial Times and Barclays Capital in 2010". So it's not a 100% malice on part of the OP, but it surely is in general.

You are probably right that there is not malice on the part of the OP, but the original intention was clearly derogatory. If you believe otherwise I have bridge to sell you.

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