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Comment by FreddyFreddy | Hacker News Reader

This library has an unfortunate name. When pronounced, it sounds like "libcocks". "Cock" is American slang for "penis". "Cocks" refers to multiple penises.

I know it may seem minor or irrelevant to some here, but a name like that could cause problems for some users, ultimately preventing them from using this library, even if it were the best option available.

These kinds of users are in environments where the use of the word "cock", or even a word that could be misconstrued as being "cock", are not considered acceptable.

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I could very well be feeding a troll here but I found your point, frankly, ludicrous. Cox is itself a valid word [1] with meaning entirely unrelated to the male genitalia. I don't think the library was named after, for instance, a certain English apple but I find the idea of avoiding a library simply because its name happens to be a homophone of a crude word to be absurd; perhaps it is further indicative that one has a tendency to think of others as juvenile?

[1] https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/cox

Cox is also a common English last name.

Cocks is a much rarer English last name. Some relevance to an HN audience though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Cocks

Unfortunately I agree with the comment; please rename.

Other than that: fantastic work.

> some users, ultimately preventing them from using this library

their loss.

Nothing wrong with the name. Almost any combination of letters is a slang for something 'inappropriate' somewhere in the world. [edit] e.g. this is absolutely hilarious to a German: http://de.wix.com/ (wix sounds like German slang for masturbating)

It could be worse; like getting sued by an ISP named Cox[1].

[1] http://www.cox.com/

Initally I thought it was written by Russ Cox, one of golang contributors.

Awesome! More of this. My competitors making suboptimal decisions based on immaturity or prudishness is free money.

Just before I went to read the comments I was almost 100% positive I'd see one like that, thanks for not disappointing me.

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