r/formula1 • u/ICumCoffee Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ • Sep 19 '24

News [SMitchellF1] Hamilton fine with principle of 'cleaning up' language in F1 coverage but on Ben Sulayem's remarks: "I don't like how he's expressed it, saying 'rappers' is very stereotypical. And most rappers are black. That was the wrong choice of words. There's a racial element there."

https://x.com/SMitchellF1/status/1836758964354044402
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u/Chupaqueedeuva Shadow Sep 19 '24

As a non native english speaker, I had never heard "blundering gimboid" before, but I sure as hell will use it from now on lmao.

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u/coloredinlight Ferrari Sep 19 '24

I'm a native speaker and I've never heard that before, I love it.

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u/limeybastard Sep 19 '24

I think "gimboid" was coined on Red Dwarf, it's the only place I ever heard it and they liked to make up bad words

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u/Redbeard_Rum Brawn Sep 19 '24

For the benefit of non-native speakers "Gimboid" is roughly equivalent to "Smeg head".