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forrestthewoods on April 6, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Agony of an African programmer

Possibly a dumb question, what does PIGS mean?

sthatipamala on April 6, 2014 [–]

Maybe "Portugal, Italy, Greece, Spain"?

atmosx on April 6, 2014 | [–]

Actually it's PIIGS you add Ireland to the mix and you're right.

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