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by InsideOutSanta 213 days ago
That name makes me slightly upset and afeared. The game looks nice, though.
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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
Why?
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".
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.

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

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

I agree. I wanted to add something short and creative