corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 7 months agoThe problem with GIMPwww.spacebar.newsexternal-linkmessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareMint@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up12·7 months agoGimp is a slur for people with physical disabilities in the UK at least
minus-squaremeseek #2982@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoSame in Canada and the US. If someone calls you a gimp, it’s a derogatory term that belittles your physical abilities.
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoIt’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.
Gimp is a slur for people with physical disabilities in the UK at least
Same in Canada and the US. If someone calls you a gimp, it’s a derogatory term that belittles your physical abilities.
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.