Interesting, the same word with the same insulting meaning is used in northern Germany…TIL it‘s in English too. Maybe a leftover of the british occupation after WWII.
Spacken
Spacko
Spack
Then there's "MongoDB", which is also slightly offensive in German, because Mongo refers to Mongoloid, a derogatory term for people with Downs syndrome.
Mongo has the same meaning in English, but as a Millennial, I've literally never heard this used in real life, only seen it referred to as an old insult. So it's quite likely that the founders and early users of MongoDB knew it was an insult.