It's pronounced "JIMP" 😌

"What's a gimp suit?" 🤷‍♂️

"like the suit?"

"I wouldn't know, I'm not into men's formal wear."

Gotta whip out "The GNU Image Manipulation Program" or just say "an open source image editor like Photoshop" or just say Photoshop of you are speaking to the wrong audience.

Embrace it.

You need to use the soft 'g' like gif.

I'd just follow up in the same sentence with "it's an Adobe alternative". People tend to fix on the last thing in a sentence so they'll just ask why you don't use that instead.

Having an acronym within an acronym feels like it should be illegal...

Somebody had a cosmetic fork at one point called Glimpse.

The GIMP devs are downright fucking fascistic about never ever changing the name. Just suggesting it will get you unholy hellflame.

I once searched for "gimp mask", as I wanted to learn something about the masking features in the software. Well, as a non-native english speaker, I was quite amused about the results.

I know it's not easy for everyone but I think if one would say "GIMP!" with bit more confidence it would already help a lot.

Instead of doing the awkward:
"I-I use G-Gim.." sweats nervously "uummm Gimp.. It stands for GNU Image..." ÜwÜ

Alternatively just say "I edit/create the images myself and use Canva to animate it"

also latex lol i always google things like "red colored text latex" and get pictures of people in latex suits

I pronounce it Jimp... for this reason ...and there's precedent with Gif.

"Creatives Opensource Creat Kit" would be better

Seriously, Why ICE american(s), Why??

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DB_403_026_2024-08-02_JM_5D413719.jpg

We liked our ICE perfectly well. Nowadays I can't even mention to a customer that I like trains.

We need something like blender to happen to GIMP, including a name change.

GIMP but pronounce it JIMP, like GIF

Sense of absurdist humor, thats why

Also see Git.

what are you gonna do, ask for a refund?

Anyone who tried to bring GIMP into nonprofits and schools dealt with this problem. I cannot explain how many uncomfortable conversations I had with non-technical people.

And the defenders will continue to say GIMP's name is fine and still be shocked of the low adoption rate.

Imagine if you had to say you're the sole programmer responsible for Nesticle! Or that your blog is full of texticles

I'm not sure saying "I used the GNU Image Manipulation Program" would've sounded better, probably would.