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Summary
Of course, the joke of 'ramming things into someone's anus' is obvious, but there was also the added context that 'horu' (掘る, lit. “dig” or “excavate”) was Japanese slang for gay anal sex. With the primitive state of machine translations in the 2000s, Nifty translated 'horareta!!!!' (掘られた!!!!) as 'caved!!!!', so the Japanese community was stuck with this mistranslation until the joke had finally ran its course.
Now, the presumed logic behind 'caved' is that one definition of 'cave' is 'to hollow out', but the problem is that this definition is obscure, so most native speakers would default to the 'collapse' (cave-in) or 'surrender' definitions and be confused. In the end, none of this even matters if you understand that people will sometimes use 'gratuitous English' to be cool, cute, smart, or exotic.
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Notes
- Personally, the correct translation for “horaneta!!!!” (掘られた!!!!) would be “Excavated!!!!”, plus it would be easier if you know that “kussaku-ki” (掘削機) gets translated to “excavator”.
- You can use “Dug!!!!”, but it's not as versatile. The only exception for this is localization.