nickname for cabling scraps? mongol? - Sundance Business VOIP Telephone Help

hey everyone, I am curious, what is the name telecommies use for cabling scraps? I've been hearing the word "mongol" tossed around? Is this correct and how did the word originate? thanks

http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/mongo#:~:text=noun%20%2D%20uncountable,collected%20and%20sold%20for%20money.

https://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-mon1.htm

Ummm, scraps. Why would they need another name??

-Hal

Originally Posted by jeffmoss26

http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/mongo#:~:text=noun%20%2D%20uncountable,collected%20and%20sold%20for%20money.

https://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-mon1.htm

thanks! it's good to know where the origin of the word came from

Originally Posted by hbiss

Ummm, scraps. Why would they need another name??

-Hal

Ummm, because there is another word for it that gets tossed around

Garbage?

Scrap...on its way to the recycler.

Mongo idiot fits if you call it mongo LOL