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So the fact you personnally were never inconvenienced by a word means it must become ok for others. And whenever we hear a slur, we have to somehow give it a pa
by philistine 4y ago
So the fact you personnally were never inconvenienced by a word means it must become ok for others. And whenever we hear a slur, we have to somehow give it a pass because the word wasn't a slur before?
I'd recommend you read up on the aids health supplement, and how that attitude didn't help them. Simple fact is that GIMP has an unfortunate name, it's not getting any better despite your wishes to single-handedly control the most important language on the planet. Its name makes the whole product less appealing, making it a harder sell to switch from Photoshop. A better name would be in order.
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- Gordonjcp 4y agoRight, but no-one's ever actually used it as a slur, and it's all just a bunch of folk whining so they can have their voice heard.
- philistine 4y agoCalling someone a gimp has never been used as a slur? Are you voluntarily denying reality? https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gimp https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gimp Second etymology, fourth definition.
- Gordonjcp 4y agoSo, on a publically editable crowdsourced website, someone recently added that as a definition, so it must be true? Yeah, no.
- egypturnash 4y agohttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gimp https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gimp Gimp (3): 1. (sometimes offensive): Cripple (sense 1a) ---- https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/gimp https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/gimp The noun gimp is sometimes used to describe a limp or another physical disability, although it's an outdated and offensive word to use. If you comment on someone's gimp, call the person a gimp, or say, "Look at that guy trying to gimp across the parking lot without his crutches," you've chosen a very objectionable way to talk about a disability. People will know what you mean if you use the word, but they're likely to be offended by it. Gimp was first used in the 1920's, possibly as a combination of limp and gammy, an old slang word for "bad." ---- New Oxford Dictionary of American English gimp(2) | ɡimp | North American informal, derogatory noun 1 a person with a physical disability or leg injury. • a limp. 2 a stupid or contemptible person.
- Gordonjcp 4y agoOkay, so it appears in a crowdsourced dictionary, and in a dictionary for a nonstandard patois. Sure.
- DoItToMe81 4y agoThe use of the word is enormously exaggerated by crybullies desperate to exert some power over a project. Words have contexts, and this context is not a slur. This is on par with the mental defectives claiming "blacklist" is a reference to slavery.