Lobangclub changes name to Save22, because Lobang is Indonesian slang for a woman’s…

Lobangclub, a Singapore and Philippines-based startup has changed its name to Save22. If you recall, Lobangclub is a ShopSaavy-like mobile app that lets users compare prices of off-the-shelf items by scanning barcodes. Guyi Shen, the founder, shared his story with us, and we found it so amusing that we’ve decided to just include his whole telling below:

I was eating at a kopitiam in Central Jakarta and playing with my phone. A family of five was eating besides me, there was a young boy of 12-13 years curiously looking at my iPhone, I smiled as I grabbed the half-empty can of Pepsi I was drinking and scanned it with the lobangclub app, as I showed him the results the boy’s face spread into a smile.

“You want to try it?” I said as I handed him my phone.

He started rummaging through his parent’s shopping bag for things with barcodes he could scan.

“It’s called Lobangclub” I said proudly. He looked at me with confusion. “Lo-bang-club…” I said each syllable slowly.

He continued to scan but now his smile had turned into a sheepish grin.

I finished my lunch and got up to leave so I asked for my iPhone back…The boy sauntered over to me and pressed the phone into my palms, he hesitated slightly, before leaning over and whispered “Lobang in Indonesian means a woman’s….”

His face suddenly turned red and his voice trailed off…He didn’t finish the sentence as he turned around and trotted back to his parents.

A woman’s…? The wheels started spinning in my head.

What in the world was the boy referring to?

I stared down at my business card with LOBANGCLUB written in big letters…*

* P.S. For the curious on what lobang means on the street in Indonesia,  read the first comment on this article.