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Right, 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.
by Gordonjcp 4y ago
Right, 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The noun gimp is sometimes used to describe a limp or another physical disability, although it's an outdated and offensive word to use.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.