What is the story behind the name Wappler?

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This might give a bit of info on this:

What "Wappler" means in Austria

I guess people already have told you but if not let me enlighten you with a fun fact: In Austria, “Wappler” means idiot. And especially in the upper regions of this small country, this word is being used many many times. So there already were a few instances, where I told people about this great program and tried to enthuse them but wasn’t really able to because of the name! Just imagine I went up to you and said to you: “Since a few weeks I’m using this great software which is called idiot a…