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Nikki Haley vows to abolish anonymous social media accounts: 'It's a national security threat' (wpde.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That could be close to the actual etymology. I believe "Nimrod" is the name of a person in the Bible.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nimrod is a biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis and Books of Chronicles. The son of Cush and therefore a great-grandson of Noah, Nimrod was described as a king in the land of Shinar. The Bible states that he was "a mighty hunter before the Lord [and]... began to be mighty in the earth".

Some funny trivia with "might hunter": Bugs Bunny called Elmer Fudd nimrod, saying something like "nice shot, nimrod!" -- the insult was that Elmer was a bad hunter. But the obscure reference was lost on most people, much less a child audience (myself included), and so nimrod became a generic insult akin to "idiot" or "imbecile.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Maybe I've been playing too much Dwarf Fortress lately, but that quote reads so much like something you'd read in Legends mode lol