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by metadat 1320 days ago
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p.s. what does "prostoalex" mean? Is it short for prostate-alex, or something else?

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"prosto" means "simply" in several Slavic languages so I read it as "simply Alex" or "just Alex"
It's cool, thank you for humoring me! Despite the lack of tact (obvious in hindsight), I mean no harm, offense, or disrespect.

I actually really enjoy learning about other languages and cultures.

Enlightening, prosto thank you.
It’s “simply” as mentioned below, I first started using it decades ago, and by the time I realized the dubious connotation you mentioned, it was too late.
(We've since renamed prostoalex to lxm by their request.)
Yes it is.