Name and Symbols
The group's name literally means "The Snake-Fish". It is also, however, a Hebrew spoonerism on the phrase Nahag Ḥadash (Hebrew: נהג חדש, "A New Driver"). In Israel, people who have only recently gotten their driver's licenses must place a tag on their back window with these words.
The band's icon, depicting a child urinating, comes from a Hebrew idiom loosely translated as I will show you from where the fish urinates (אני אראה לך מאיפה משתין הדג) meaning something akin to "I will show you how it's done."
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