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I got jipped...
Damn, shouldn't have signed up for February, :D
-Calder
-Calder
lol
same, shouldnt have started in feb lol! j/k, :P
It's a slur, you know.
That's debatable. At worst it's an unintentional slur, and IMO if it wasn't intended as a one, then it's not really a slur.
"In relatively recent times--since the mid-1980s or so--some people have objected to the word gyp on the grounds that it is offensive to the Roma, since it stereotypes them as swindlers. It should be noted that the word gyp has apparently never been used as a deliberate ethnic slur, and many people are unaware even that gyp is derived from Gypsy. Thus gyp may be perceived as offensive, but it is never used with such intent."
- http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19981008
"In relatively recent times--since the mid-1980s or so--some people have objected to the word gyp on the grounds that it is offensive to the Roma, since it stereotypes them as swindlers. It should be noted that the word gyp has apparently never been used as a deliberate ethnic slur, and many people are unaware even that gyp is derived from Gypsy. Thus gyp may be perceived as offensive, but it is never used with such intent."
- http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19981008