Re:Show HN: Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project
by jessaustin on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @05:10PM
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The name was "terrible" right after the film "Pulp Fiction" was released. Decades later, is that still true?
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Re:Show HN: Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project
by slantyyz on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @07:23PM
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That word existed well before Pulp Fiction.
From Dictionary.com:
>> Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a term used to refer to a person who limps or is lame.
>> Origin
>> An Americanism dating back to 1920-25; origin uncertain
>> Usage note
>> When describing someone who is lame, gimp is used with disparaging intent and perceived as insulting. But within the disability community, it is sometimes a term of self-reference.
Re:Show HN: Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project
by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @07:34PM
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Yes. "Gimp" in UK English is not a word you say in polite company, like calling your software "slut". Sure, it's fine to speak of with a close friend but difficult to even mention to people in certain circles.
I don't know what's wrong with calling it "The [GNU] Imp", an imp being like a fairy/pixy (but with a sense of mischief too), like Puck. The mascot could be kept as it fits the description imp as well as it fits anything (I've no idea after c.20 years what it's supposed to be, though I recall looking it up once).
Maybe "Imp" is offensive in other languages? (Nothing other than alternate English meanings shows on Wiktionary).