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Honestly, smart move. I'm kind of embarrassed to say that I decided not to look into nimrod much, despite hearing great things about it from a few people, all b

Honestly, smart move. I'm kind of embarrassed to say that I decided not to look into nimrod much, despite hearing great things about it from a few people, all because of the name. Figured that it would never gain any semblance of wide adoption under "nimrod" so why bother when there are other languages that are just as cool and may be a marketable skill someday? Or maybe I'm just rationalizing my shallow knee jerk reaction after the fact. Either way... nim sounds much better :)

norswap 12y ago
Wow, why? Is it offensive somehow?
- djur 12y ago
  It's a slang term for "idiot" in American English.
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  - norswap 12y ago
    And that's what people find offensive these day? Interesting.
    - dragonwriter 12y ago
      I don't think its a matter of "offensive" so much as "carries negative associations", which both has first order effects (makes some people less likely to use it because it is less attractive on an sub-rational level) and second order effects (makes some people less likely to use it because they perceive that it is less likely to be a long term success because other people are likely to find it less attractive on a sub-rational level). Not all negative associations are about a term being "offensive".
sweettea 12y ago
Technically, `nimrod` means someone who is a good hunter; I don't know why it is viewed as a derogatory term.
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- ansible 12y ago
  You can blame Bugs Bunny. He was using it sarcastically when referring to Elmer Fudd (one of the more inept hunters in the history of film). Viewers who didn't understand the original reference began to think of it as just another word for 'moron'.
  - UweSchmidt 12y ago
    Second post in the thread that cites "Bugs Bunny". If that is now canon and required reading for educated people I have some work to do!
    - apetresc 12y ago
      They got it from Wikipedia, which also cites Bugs Bunny as the source of "nimrod"'s modern meaning.
      - ansible 12y ago
        I had only encountered the term while watching the carton, which all my friend did too. I didn't learn about the word's origin until much later.
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- scott_s 12y ago
  Words mean what people think they mean, so nimrod means a "stupid person" to far more people than "good hunter". Also, keep in mind that the meaning you're arguing against has been around so long that it's also in the dictionary.

norswap 12y ago

Wow, why? Is it offensive somehow?

djur 12y ago
It's a slang term for "idiot" in American English.
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- norswap 12y ago
  And that's what people find offensive these day? Interesting.
  - dragonwriter 12y ago
    I don't think its a matter of "offensive" so much as "carries negative associations", which both has first order effects (makes some people less likely to use it because it is less attractive on an sub-rational level) and second order effects (makes some people less likely to use it because they perceive that it is less likely to be a long term success because other people are likely to find it less attractive on a sub-rational level). Not all negative associations are about a term being "offensive".

sweettea 12y ago

Technically, `nimrod` means someone who is a good hunter; I don't know why it is viewed as a derogatory term.

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ansible 12y ago
You can blame Bugs Bunny. He was using it sarcastically when referring to Elmer Fudd (one of the more inept hunters in the history of film). Viewers who didn't understand the original reference began to think of it as just another word for 'moron'.
- UweSchmidt 12y ago
  Second post in the thread that cites "Bugs Bunny". If that is now canon and required reading for educated people I have some work to do!
  - apetresc 12y ago
    They got it from Wikipedia, which also cites Bugs Bunny as the source of "nimrod"'s modern meaning.
    - ansible 12y ago
      I had only encountered the term while watching the carton, which all my friend did too. I didn't learn about the word's origin until much later.
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scott_s 12y ago
Words mean what people think they mean, so nimrod means a "stupid person" to far more people than "good hunter". Also, keep in mind that the meaning you're arguing against has been around so long that it's also in the dictionary.