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gimboid en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Coined in the television series Red Dwarf, possibly from gimp + -oid.

Meanings

  1. (UK, derogatory, slang) An incompetent person.
    • You can blame that primarily on George Dubbya "I wanna rule tha world" Bush and all the gimboids who voted for him. 2003, bewtifulfreak, “Did I post this yet?”, in alt.tv.red-dwarf (Usenet):
    • A great deal of rap (both commercial and non) is made by talentless gimboids. 2003, Tim Hill, “Bizarre audio CD protection”, in comp.sys.acorn.misc (Usenet):
    • Actually it doesn't, they just think you're a sad gimboid. 2005, Andy P Field, Discovering Statistics Using SPSS:

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