• andioop@programming.dev
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          24 days ago

          As a native English speaker I didn’t know “gimp” was more than a nonsense word and a lowercase version of this program until your comment. I admit I grew up sheltered and that probably influenced what slang terms, especially unkind ones, I learned about, but otherwise I don’t consider myself particularly deficient in the vocabulary department.

          Offensive word for someone with a physical disability or leg injury, a stupid person, or (not sure if it’s okay in this context) a submissive person in BDSM activities, according to the New Oxford American Dictionary.

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      1 month ago

      Yeah.

      The project name embodies several of the worst aspects of the FOSS community, and none of the best.

      It’s a shared embarrassment, by association, to many of us.