[asterisk-dev] Time to rename chan_gulp?

[Johann Steinwendtner]

> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Matthew Jordan <mjordan at digium.com> wrote:
>>> It's hard to use english language games in a product that's used world-wide. One has to be very careful with naming stuff that's going to be used in production.
>>> We need to have a professional and serious attitude in our product. Naming something "gulp" is not going to help.
>>>
>>> And "gulp" hasn't been in use outside development.
>>>
>>
>> I'm all for name suggestions. We've stuck with 'gulp' mostly because we
>> didn't have any other alternatives (and it is kinda clever).
>>

Can somebody tell me what this 'gulp' means (not technically, more from the name perspective) ?
As a non english native speaker, I do not understand the cleverness.
Google was not helpful and the dictionary did not give me something meaningful.

Thanks

Hans