• lime!
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          51 month ago

          wait, it’s a synonym of “nerd”? huh.

            • @[email protected]
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              41 month ago

              I just figured because he was abducted chained and abused in a basement I didn’t realize, that makes it even more sad

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              211 month ago

              How do you come to that conclusion? He was a guy in a full on latex-BDSM suit on a leash, that they kept in a box in the basement.

              We don’t learn much about his character or mental ability in the movie. It is much more likely, that he was called a gimp in the BDSM sense, that is also mentioned in the Wiktionary entry that was linked here.

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                11 month ago

                pretty sure that use of the term originated with that exact movie scene.

                There’s also a point where the gimp tries to speak and it’s pretty clear he has at least a speech impediment if not a mental disability.