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cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Funny, I don’t even use The GIMP, and I think of it as “The GNU Image Manipulation Program” before I think of the BDSM meaning (or the handicap slur).

I’m weird. And probably the exception.

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Ephera@lemmy.ml ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
To be honest, I think you’re in the majority. Non-native speakers will know it almost exclusively as the image manipulation program.

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Dojan@pawb.social ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Handicap slur?

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- bran_buckler@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  As in a “gimp leg”. Another old term in the same vein would be “lame”. But then those terms could be used to describe a person as a whole, becoming the slur.
  
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  - Dojan@pawb.social ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Ooh. I don’t think I’ve encountered the term used like that before.
    
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