corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 5 months agoThe problem with GIMPwww.spacebar.newsexternal-linkmessage-square103fedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down10
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minus-squareMint@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up12·5 months agoGimp is a slur for people with physical disabilities in the UK at least
minus-squareultratiem@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 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-up3·5 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.