gimboid

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

gimboid (plural gimboids)

1. (slang, derogatory, UK) An incompetent person.
   • 2003, bewtifulfreak, “Did I post this yet?”, in alt.tv.red-dwarf (Usenet):

     You can blame that primarily on George Dubbya "I wanna rule tha world" Bush and all the gimboids who voted for him.

   • 2003, Tim Hill, “Bizarre audio CD protection”, in comp.sys.acorn.misc (Usenet):

     A great deal of rap (both commercial and non) is made by talentless gimboids.

   • 2005, Andy P Field, Discovering Statistics Using SPSS:

     Actually it doesn't, they just think you're a sad gimboid.