Comment on the black bellied pangolin
bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 5 days ago
What is this meme talking about?
The name of order Pholidota comes from Ancient Greek Φολιδωτός – “clad in scales” from φολίς pholís “scale”.
The name “pangolin” comes from the Malay word pengguling meaning “one who rolls up” from guling or giling “to roll”;
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangolin#Etymology
Constantine Rafinesque (1821) formed the Neo-Latin generic name Phataginus from the French term phatagin, adopted by Count Buffon (1763) after the reported local name phatagin or phatagen used in the East Indies.
SalmiakDragon@feddit.nu 5 days ago
It seems to be about phonetics and association:
Phat-aginus -> “Fat vaginas” -> Super-FUPA, where FUPA apparently is the medical acronym for Fat Upper Pubic Area
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
You mean a gunt?