On Wednesday 22 October 2003 14:28, Jaco Greeff wrote:
> AFAIK, this is really slang,

Yes, and as I said,

>"Gimp" is one of those words whose American colloquial or vulgar 
>usage in no way resembles its dictionary definition.

Sadly, it doesn't much matter what its origins or dictionary 
definition is when there's potential legal liability involved.  
I don't think the program itself or distributions that include 
it are at any risk (at this point if you google for the word 
"gimp" you do get the image program) but among the 
non-computer-savvy it's still very much the wrong word to use.

Rob


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