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by pilchard123 784 days ago
What's unfortunate about the name?
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Not OP, but ‘collabos’ was a slang word for ’traitor’, describing French nationals who collaborated with the German military occupiers of France during World War 2 (a synonym for ‘quisling’).

Source:

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/collabo#French

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/collaborateur#