I agree with other folks in this thread who think that the name "The Gimp" (Pulp Fiction reference) is too offensive and something with this name can probably never gain mass adoption because it's a hurtful thing to say. The word gimp is a somewhat-outdated word to insult a crippled person. An in-context usage would be e.g. evil bullies at a playground back in ~1910 beating up a crippled kid while calling him a gimp. The Pulp Fiction scene is a reference to this context, where a character is temporarily restrained (gimped) by that sex suit. I really don't see how software named "Gimp" could be discussed on corporate email threads and stuff without that being rude. It's pretty similar to if the software were named "Little Cripple".