The GIMP name controversy, explained
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GIMP was named after a character in Pulp Fiction. More than 20 years later, the name remains controversial and could be holding back the project.
  • Liz@midwest.socialEnglish
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    2 years ago

    A gimp is any of the following:

    1. A cripple
    2. A particular kind of BDSM role
    3. Twisted silk, worsted, or cotton with cord or wire running through it, used chiefly as upholstery trimming.
    4. (in lacemaking) coarser thread which forms the outline of the design in some techniques.
    5. fishing line made of silk bound with wire.

    The last three I got from the internet.

    • Mint@lemmy.one
      2·
      2 years ago

      Gimp is a slur for people with physical disabilities in the UK at least

      • Liz@midwest.socialEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        It’s kinda a slur in the US in the sense that people claim it’s a slur, but I’ve never heard anyone actually use it that way.