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i find this 'piigs' acronym quite offensive. nobody seem to care, maybe nobody noticed or maybe it seems funny but trust me it isn't. i don't know who came up with this idea (probably some "smart" american analyst because apparently it would be boring and time consuming to name all 5 countries every single time... right?) but in the end we got 5 european countries associated with image of pigs - although this acronym doesn't actually mean anything and it's just our imagination that's doing the rest. piigs... pigs... pigs! very...Ignored
Portugal
Ireland
Italy
Greece
Spain
It's just a coincidence bud..