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by lohengramm 3374 days ago
Fun fact: in Portuguese, we call prostitutes "garota de programa", which literally means "program's girl", or "a girl who makes programs". "Program" in this context means "sexual service".

It is a known inside joke among Brazilian programmers to call ourselves "garoto de programa", which means "program's boy" - laymen therefore think we are referring to male prostitution.