Writing a Gimp 3.0 Plugin – Resources and Notes

Re:Writing a Gimp 3.0 Plugin – Resources and Notes by iamkonstantin on Sunday February 16, 2025 @10:40AM (#43068859)

Why would it be? I can't think of a single meaning of BBC which translates to an insult. GIMP on the other hand has more than one meanings as an insult (not even an acronym).

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Re:Writing a Gimp 3.0 Plugin – Resources and Notes by npteljes on Sunday February 16, 2025 @11:36AM (#43069315)

Try this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_(sexual_slang)

Definitely came after the original BBC being established, and definitely is orders of magnitude less known than the sexual slang variant. So yeah, the Gimp comparison doesn't stand, at all.

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Re:Writing a Gimp 3.0 Plugin – Resources and Notes by mardifoufs on Sunday February 16, 2025 @10:44AM (#43068889)

Uhhh BBC also stands for something else, and that second meaning is a very common term on the internet.

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Re:Writing a Gimp 3.0 Plugin – Resources and Notes by isodev on Sunday February 16, 2025 @11:01AM (#43069026)

Describing one’s … favourite desert? (HN is American so not sure we can say the word here) doesn’t constitute an insult - people say it all the time irl. But you’re also right that BBC wouldn’t be a good name for a design tool either.

Naming things is hard, someone should setup a focus group :)

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Re:Writing a Gimp 3.0 Plugin – Resources and Notes by Ylpertnodi on Sunday February 16, 2025 @01:32PM (#43070328)

Are you thinking of the Coventry University Netball Team? (again).

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