GIMP 3.0 has been more than one decade in the making as the port from GTK2 to GTK3, also transitioning away from Python 2 to Python 3 support, and a wealth of other improvements from the UI to lower down into enhancing this open-source Photoshop alternative.
The GIMP project announced on X/Twitter today that they have entered the string freeze for this much anticipated release.
You don’t need to be into BDSM to know the term gimp suit. I’ve seen it referred to in media plenty of times before. I think it’s less common now, but it’s likely the first thought of many people who hear the name. That or the offensive term for a disabled person, which is not any better.