[dj_mc_merlin]

> Why call it Peng?

> Peng (traditional Chinese: 鵬; simplified Chinese: 鹏; pinyin: péng; Wade–Giles: p'eng) or Dapeng (大鵬) is a giant bird that transforms from a Kun (鯤; 鲲; kūn; k'un) giant fish in Chinese mythology.

Just a funny coincidence, in British slang, a bird is a woman, and being peng means being attractive..

[unclad5968]

I was curious. Seems like peng the British slang has Jamaican origins, maybe.

https://english.stackexchange.com/a/66906

[nescioquid]

It's also the sound a gun makes when it's fired (in German). There's a pipeline-related joke in there somewhere.

[soylentcola]

I'd just assumed that "Ni" and "Neee-wom" were already taken.

[faitswulff]

Oh huh, my brain went to peng 碰 for 碰到 first, meaning "to collide."