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> his piece of software (...) will never do this unless it changes its name. Why? Honestly, why? As a non-native English speaker (like the vast majority of p
by enriquto 2y ago
> his piece of software (...) will never do this unless it changes its name.
Why?
Honestly, why?
As a non-native English speaker (like the vast majority of people in this planet), the word "gimp" to me means "the free software image processing program". If I search google, duckduckgo, bing, whatever, the entire first page of results refers to that very program. Digging deeper, I start to find some references to the Pulp Fiction movie, where a minor character is named like that. I remember that character, but in my language it was called by a different name. Is that all?
Is there any other meaning to this word? If so, it must be so obscure as to be completely irrelevant.
Please, take into account that most English speakers are not native speakers, and many words will have a different meaning to us. English as a lingua franca may be comfortable to native speakers, but it also means that it's no longer yours.
The name of the program does not seem to be a serious issue for its adoption. Now, if you want to talk about its user interface... I don't think it does, either (but I may be open to discussion). I have taught my kids to do simple image processing tasks in gimp: copy-pasting parts of an image into another, removing some stuff, blurring, simple layer operations, etc. Anyhow, they got it in a few minutes. Important to say: they are not at all tech-savvy (to my dismay! but this is another story). If they use adobe or krita they will surely find it slightly confusing at the beginning, but no big deal either. Just like a regular person moving from photoshop to gimp.
- orphea 2y ago> Is there any other meaning to this word? Yes. You can often learn obscure meanings by prepending a word in your search query with "urban dictionary".
- chongli 2y agoA gimp is a man dressed in a bondage suit used for BDSM sexual roleplay. Gimps are considered inappropriate to even talk about in school and business settings. The GIMP software might as well have the name of a curse word like fuck or shit as far as its appropriateness in public discourse goes.
- redeeman 2y agoyeah well.. says more about those who even bring that up... most people probably dont know that
- petee 2y agoAnyone who's seen "Pulp Fiction", or hasnt been under a rock, or older than a young teen would have encountered the term or concept
- aspaviento 2y agoI don't think more than half of the world population have been under a rock.
- jcelerier 2y agoAnyone whose native language is english who's seen "Pulp Fiction", or hasnt been under a rock, or older than a young teen would have encountered the term or concept As a french, the first and only thing that comes to mind when I hear the word "gimp" is the software, not the kink. It was shared a few weeks ago in my company chat because someone wanted to do a photo edit and absolutely no one even made any semblance of joke related to it
- enriquto 2y agoThanks for the clarification (as well as the suggestion of looking at the urban dictionary, in the other comment). My point is that when you say: > Gimps are considered inappropriate to even talk about in school and business settings This refers solely to the tiny percent of the world where people are native english speakers. Elsewhere, it already means the image processing software, if anything at all.
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- ryanmcbride 2y agoIt's both a pejorative term for disabled people, and a specific type of bondage fetish.