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by fourply 4539 days ago
I can't see that word without thinking of Cloaca. Cloaca. If you don't know what it is, you should. Cloaca.
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Same here. Perhaps it's my exceptionally wry (and inappropriate sense of humor), but I rather wish it were cloaca. Just imagine the logo opportunities!

A startled pigeon, looking over its wing, tail up in the air, clearly exposing its backside...

...this is why I'd never get hired as a marketer or designer, never mind the fact I'm no artist.

I never thought that I would need this at Hacker News. A nsfw warning would suffice.
Ha ha! Oh wow! I just ran a google image search to see what you were talking about...

Knowing what a cloaca is beforehand, and then searching for it anyway on Google produces some truly curious results. I was trying to mentally prepare myself for what I may be about to see, because I couldn't imagine what might be on the other side, that would prompt your reaction. The only thing I could think of was some bizarre new form of bestiality that lurks in the shadows of taboo obscurity.

It turns out that most of the images are of obvious medical or scientific origin. I don't even know why pictures of humans show up in the search. I saw lots of pictures of various reptile junk which was totally expected, and none of it was being unceremoniously violated by unscrupulous human beings, so thank god for that!

Apparently there's a medical condition, "Persistent Cloaca Perineum", which is frequently misdiagnosed as "Imperforate Anus with Rectovaginal Fistula." The pictures that depict the condition are mostly de-identified newborn infants, and they originate from edu domains, but in a google search without proper context, they're kind of unexpected. I guess you learn something new every day...

My mother language is Spanish, and to be honest the first time i read the name i was thinking the word "cloth" or "coat" instead "cloaca".
Beware: you might be understanding cloaca as sewer (alcantarilla).

They mean THIS cloaca: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloaca

LOL!