"I feel gypped."
floatingboy
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Is this not considered offensive in the UK? I'm squarely on the freedom of speech side of things, so I'm not bothered by it in the least, but as an American, the most interesting aspect of this series has been seeing the differences between how the UK and the U.S. view issues of censorship, inappropriate language, etc.
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Nor do I.
It's a term that plays into the (possibly offensive) stereotype that Gypsies are thieves, meaning the person has been ripped off, etc.
It's similar to when someone would say "Jewed/Jewed over" implying something similar with Jews.
I have Gypsy lineage and it always cracks me up how they're completely ignored in the PC focus.
As to the Perez thing, i don't think he was saying Patsy was racist... he was pointing out that associating a black person with the "hood/ghetto" stereotype could be offensive. I already went deeper into that within another thread so can't go over the same thing again but i believe that was the intent along with inserting himself in the middle of things and getting attention.
Yeah, that's what I've always taken that phrase to mean too.
I have to admit it's a term that I have used in the past when I think I've been ripped off, but then when I thought about the background of the term I worried that it would probably be un-PC so stopped using it.
I've never heard that phrase used either.
Cami Li. Never heard an American use this phrase before tbh
My wife put in a complaint to Ofcom in regards to her use of language. She said that when she was in Romania the Roma travelers were treated appallingly and such language still upsets her
Many Jewish people will have heard it too many times.
Yeah, and it's usually forgotten that the Gypsies were also singled out in the Holocaust and all the persecution they've went through.
http://history1900s.about.com/od/holocaust/a/gypsies.htm
You would think they could at least get the same efforts where being PC is concerned in not using the "gypped" terminology.
English definition of “gyp”
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gyp
noun uk /dʒɪp/ UK informal us
› pain or trouble: My knee has been giving me gyp since I started running.
gyp
verb [T] uk /dʒɪp/ (-pp-) US informal us
› to cheat someone: I think the taxpayers are getting gypped.
The urban dictionary has a completely different meaning. I wasn't aware of it before this.........I put it in a spoiler in case someone is offended by the 'swear' word.
A ripoff; something that is not worth what your are giving for it; refering to gypsies who make their living off of swidling others.
What a ****in gyp!
Dearie me
I had no idea where it came from. Never put the two together.
Me too.
I'm wondering if we could have a dictionary printed of the words we can actually say these days. Its most confusing and very hard to put a sentence together without the fear of offending someone.
And anyway, gypsy is not a banned word, neither is negro, Racism is often only in the head of the perceiver.
I half agree. But, they should be consistent, we should see them address it.