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Re:Consider Renaming Gimp to a Less Offensive Name by Valmar on Friday July 05, 2019 @06:22AM (#20361347)
If you care so much about etymology, at least refer to a resource that isn't biased:

https://www.etymonline.com/word/gimp

"GIMP" is merely an unfortunate consequence of the editor being named "GNU Image Manipulation Editor". GIMP is the obvious acronym.

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Re:Consider Renaming Gimp to a Less Offensive Name by smt88 on Friday July 05, 2019 @10:54AM (#20362941)
Your source agrees with my source: gimp is a word used to refer to a person with a disability.
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Re:Consider Renaming Gimp to a Less Offensive Name by Valmar on Saturday July 06, 2019 @01:01AM (#20367990)
However, you claim that it originated as a "slur", without any evidence to support that.
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