1/ I always thought 'Nimrod' would make a great compliment. Guy built Tower of Babel to challenge heaven. Real dent-in-universe type.
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2/ Only time it seems to have been used with that connotation was Hawker-Sidney Nimrod, a pioneering ASW aircraft
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3/ Apparently a Bugs Bunny cartoon is responsible for turning it into a slur meaning 'socially inadequate' urbandictionary.com/define.php?ter
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Its because Bugs Bunny sarcastically called Elmer Fudd "Nimrod", mocking his hunting skills. But people assumed it was a synonym for idiot.

