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jganetsk
680 days ago
I know the Effingo team at Google. It comes from Latin
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/effingo#Latin
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dekhn
680 days ago
that doesn't stop the team from occasionally pronouncing it as "effing go"
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cathalc
680 days ago
As someone who's never even seen the term written before, that's exactly how I pronounced it..
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mrinfinitiesx
680 days ago
yeah like the 'big falcon rocket' -> big fucking rocket
effing go for me too
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mike503
680 days ago
Yeah. F'ing go! is what I assumed.
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the-rc
680 days ago
Back when it was introduced as a replacement for Transfer Service 15 years ago or so, the mention of the Latin etymology was always accompanied by a wink...
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