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AFAIK it has nothing to do with physical disability. The word has a lot of meanings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimp
by zingermc 6y ago
AFAIK it has nothing to do with physical disability. The word has a lot of meanings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimp
- CharlesW 6y agoYou linked to a disambiguation page. Here's the definition: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gimp https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gimp
- duskwuff 6y agoAnd most of the commonly understood meanings of the word are rather negative. Nobody hears the word "gimp" out of context and thinks of decorative sewing thread, for example.
- heavyset_go 6y agoThe sexual connotation gets its name from the slur[1], because the suit handicaps the wearer. The name of the image editor originates from Pulp Fiction, which uses the sexual connotation. [1] https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/40730/was-the-word-for-the-bdsm-costume-gimp-suit-coined-by-tarantino-in-pulp-fictio https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/40730/was-the-wo...
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