• wewbull@feddit.uk
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    10 hours ago

    What association is it you object to?

    gimp /gĭmp/

    noun

    1. A narrow flat braid or rounded cord of fabric used for trimming.
    2. Spirit; pep.
    3. A limp or a limping gait.
    4. A person who limps.
    5. A narrow ornamental fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running through it; – used as trimming for dresses, furniture, etc.

    intransitive verb

    1. To walk with a limp.

    transitive verb

    1.To notch; to indent; to jag.

    adjective

    1. Smart; spruce; trim; nice.
    2. Neat; trim; delicate; slender; handsome; spruce; elegant.

    Granted, the fourth definition, as a limping person, could be mildly disabilist but I think it’s just a case of an old English word becoming two words in different regions (Limp / Gimp).