The insult Nimrod stems from an old looney toons cartoon in which Bugs Bunny refers to Marvin the Martian as "nimrod" in reference to his greek looking attire.

actually it was in reference to elmer fudd. the biblical nimrod is referred to as a great hunter. bugs sarcastically said, "this guy's a regular nimrod" or something like that. kids watching thought nimrod referred to fudd's buffoonish demeanor and speech impediment.

[–] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Huh, I could have sworn it was first used to refer to Marvin the Martian but that also tracks.

[–] context@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

huh, turns out we're both wrong. it was elmer fudd, but he was called "my little nimrod" by daffy duck in the 1948 short "what makes daffy duck," so the nimrod effect is also an example of the mandela effect. elmer usually hunted bugs bunny, so it must've been bugs that called him that.

[–] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

Greater point still stands that it never actually meant "dumbass" and the fact the guy in the post followed it up with "wagecuck" tells me everything I need to know about them.