different between gimp vs simp

English

Etymology 1

Attested since about 1660, perhaps from Dutch gimp or French guimpe, and likely from Old French guimpre, a variant of guipure, a kind of trimming.

The regional sense of "gumption" is attested since about 1905, and may have developed due to the reinforced nature of gimp cord, or possibly the influence of the words gumption and gumph.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mp/
• Rhymes: -?mp

Noun

gimp (countable and uncountable, plural gimps)

1. A narrow ornamental fabric or braid of silk, wool, or cotton, often stiffened with metallic wire or coarse cord running through it, used as trimming for dresses, curtains, furniture, etc. Also guimpe.
2. Any coarse or reinforced thread, such as a glazed thread employed in lacemaking to outline designs, or silk thread used as a fishing leader, protected from the bite of fish by a wrapping of fine wire.
   • 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber 2007, p. 87:

     I'm a fisher of men and my gimp is doing a saltarello over every body of water to fetch up what it may.

3. The plastic cord used in the plaiting and knotting craft Scoubidou (lanyard making); or, the process itself.
4. (dated, chiefly North Eastern US) Gumption

   Synonyms: spirit, ambition, vigor, pep

Related terms

• guimpe

Translations

Verb

gimp (third-person singular simple present gimps, present participle gimping, simple past and past participle gimped)

1. (of yarn, cord, thread, etc.) To wrap or wind (surround) with another length of yarn or wire in a tight spiral, often by means of a gimping machine, creating 'gimped yarn', etc. Also, generally, to wrap or twist with string or wire. See gimped.
   • 1856, Campbell Morfit, A Treatise on Chemistry Applied to the Manufacture of Soap and Candles, page 435 with illustration

     It consists of seventy fine spun cotton threads, gimped or tied around with thread by a machine similar to that for wrapping bonnet wire.
2. (dated) To notch or indent; to jag or make jagged; to edge with serrations or grooves.

Etymology 2

Attested in US slang since the 1920s. Maybe influenced by, or cognate with limp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mp/
• Rhymes: -?mp

Noun

gimp (plural gimps)

1. (informal) A person who is lame due to a crippling of the legs or feet.

   Synonyms: cripple, disabled (person)

2. (informal) A crippled leg.
3. (informal) A limp or a limping gait.
4. (slang, derogatory) A name-calling word, generally for a person who is perceived to be inept, deficient or peculiar

   Synonyms: dweeb, nerd, geek, gump, spod, dork

5. (BDSM) A sexual submissive, almost always male, dressed generally in a black leather suit. See Gimp (sadomasochism) in Wikipedia.
6. (video games, slang, derogatory) A character or ability that is underpowered.

Related terms

• gimp suit
• gimpy

Translations

Verb

gimp (third-person singular simple present gimps, present participle gimping, simple past and past participle gimped)

1. (intransitive, informal) To limp; to hobble.
2. (transitive, video games, slang) To make underpowered; to limit or restrict the useful effects of.

   Synonym: nerf

Etymology 3

Scots. Alternate form of jimp. Compare Welsh gwymp (“fair, neat, comely”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??mp/
• Rhymes: -?mp

Adjective

gimp (comparative more gimp, superlative most gimp)

1. (dated, Scotland and N England) Neat; trim; delicate; slender; handsome; spruce; elegant.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:gimp.

References

• 1846, John T. Brockett, A Glossary of North Country Words, page 190

Anagrams

• pIgM

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?mp/
• Rhymes: -?mp

Etymology 1

Clipping of simpleton.

Noun

simp (plural simps)

1. (slang) A simple person lacking common sense; a fool or simpleton.
   • 1946, Mezz Mezzrow and Bernard Wolfe, Really the Blues, Payback Press 1999, page 59:

     Pimps and simps would fall in from here and there and everywhere, grabbing thousand-dollar advances from the madames and leaving their lady friends in pawn.

   • 1981, Philip K. Dick, Valis, ?ISBN, page 105

     Groggy from my nap I turn on the TV and try to watch.... Morons and simps appear in the screen, drool like pinheads and waterheads....
2. (slang, by extension) Someone who is not worthy of respect.

Etymology 2

Unknown; possibly from a respelled clipping of sympathetic, a clipping of simper, a portmanteau of sissy and pimp, or by relation to simpleton (above).

Noun

simp (plural simps)

1. (slang) A man who foolishly overvalues and defers to a woman, putting her on a pedestal.
   • 2012, Dennis Jeanpierre, Tito Fresh, Step Your Game Up: Dating and Relationship Guide for the Urban Man

     Until you are sure that this girl has a genuine interest and might be compatible, no dates or gifts. Why should you be the one who feeds every straggler in your town? It's time to break away from these byzantine patterns of square behavior. It's time right now to break away from all those years of bad programming. You're a simp because your family made you that way.
2. (slang, by extension) Someone who foolishly overvalues someone else and defers to them, putting them on a pedestal.
3. (slang) An advocate for an ideology or cause.

Verb

simp (third-person singular simple present simps, present participle simping, simple past and past participle simped)

1. (intransitive, slang, of a man) To be especially deferential to and emotionally vulnerable with a woman, often with the intent of receiving sexual gratification.
   • 2013, TravieBASED, Whats Wrong With Simping?

     Dudes wanna talk down on other dudes when they start simping like they're feminine or something when in fact the majority of all dudes and even those motherfuckers saying that shit be simping too.

   • 2018, T.y (@Ty_Brazil), Tweet.

     G why is simping becoming so popular ? It’s nothing wrong with treating your lady nice , but some of these niggas out straight simping

   • 2018, Penny the Petty Pest (@PineappleGC), Tweet.

     Yall be simping in bitches DMs, then trying them on the tl then getting shocked why u getting aired out.

2. (intransitive, slang, by extension) To obsequiously praise or admire.
3. (intransitive, slang, by extension) To reminisce melancholically; to recall once fond memories now tinged with sadness, especially regarding a former lover.
   • 2018, mimi (@splendamami), Tweet.

     the dick can't be that good honey stop simping over that boy

   • 2017, Jody Tran, Spotify playlist *simps in vietnamese*

     i dedicate this playlist to all my hoes who want to simp in viet. this takes u on an adventure to the modern angsty world of vietnam. this is where we can get into all our feels culturally. we all gonna mfking be CRYING IN THE VIETNAMESE CLUB!!

   • 2016, @jakedeee, Spotify playlist Simping

     If I think about my ex while I listen to this playlist, you should too.

Related terms

• simpering

References

Etymology 3

Clipping of simplified.

Adjective

simp (comparative more simp, superlative most simp)

1. Abbreviation of simplified.

Anagrams

• IMSP, IPMs, MIPS, PIMs, PMSI, imps, imps., spim