Tristan, your analogy should have been based on a word whose
legitimate use did *not* precede its use as an epithet.
According to Wiktionary, the word "gimp" has many meanings, one being
"a limping gait". That meaning, the one I learned long ago, is not
derogatory.
I suspect that the derogatory meaning is rather new, but Wiktionary
does not have information about its age.
--
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation
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Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software.
Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call
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