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		thih9 11 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: DeskHog, an open-source developer toy I’m unfamiliar with the slang but even without it the name is weird. The “hog” alone would never make me think of a hedgehog instead of a regular hog. > a domesticated pig, especially a castrated male reared for slaughter https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hog

wink 11 days ago [–]

Ah, "spotted hog", as my English teacher (6th grade or so?, ESL) had said: for some reason this is one term most pupils will remember, no matter how unimportant.

Guess he was right, or maybe a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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