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domlebo70

Interesting name

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For people living in Germany, we already have a similar problem with Figma

I did not until now

infohazard!

In no way did I put any bad meaning in the the name

I've never noticed this until now and now I can't unsee it.

And wix

That name makes me slightly upset and afeared. The game looks nice, though.

Why?

There's certain sexual activity called pegging. I guess that's what could come to mind here :)

Oh, I didn't know

There's also smegma, which is not a whole lot better.

It appears that every short word means something obscene in some language.

Advice would then be to avoid short names for products altogether.

I agree. I wanted to add something short and creative

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/17ay2l3/til_...

Mitsubishi renamed the Pajero in Spain, because "pajero" means "wanker".

Honda Jazz was first called Fitta which is cunt in Swedish.

It reads like a portmanteau of pegging and smegma. Hope that helps, although I'm afraid it will do the opposite.

For me it's also that it works as a joke setup, just like "ligma" or "updog".

the name Pegma is a play on words that combines: "peg" (peg, token) is the main element of the game and "theorema", which is associated with mathematical rigor and logic

The name Pegma is a play on words that combines: "peg" (peg, token) is the main element of the game and "theorema", which is associated with mathematical rigor and logic

Yes, the intent is very clear.

EDIT: It seems based on other comments you are genuinely unaware of how it sounds, which is totally fine - I feel someone should let you know it sounds like "peg me" or "smegma", which uh... well, ask an LLM what they mean, I suppose. I don't particularly want that in my HN comment history. :D

Thanks for the explanation

Thank you

curious

The name Pegma is a play on words that combines: "peg" (peg, token) is the main element of the game and "theorema", which is associated with mathematical rigor and logic

cool, thanks a lot!

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