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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

A gimp is any of the following:

  1. A cripple
  2. A particular kind of BDSM role
  3. Twisted silk, worsted, or cotton with cord or wire running through it, used chiefly as upholstery trimming.
  4. (in lacemaking) coarser thread which forms the outline of the design in some techniques.
  5. fishing line made of silk bound with wire.

The last three I got from the internet.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Gimp is a slur for people with physical disabilities in the UK at least

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

It's kinda a slur in the US in the sense that people claim it's a slur, but I've never heard anyone actually use it that way.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Same in Canada and the US. If someone calls you a gimp, it’s a derogatory term that belittles your physical abilities.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ok, now the name is actually weird.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

"Eww, like the coarser thread which forms the outline of the design in some lacemaking techniques!? That is just a bit gross don't you think?"