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Re: New Brickbay promotion
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Thu, 14 Jun 2001 02:59:31 GMT
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In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Rich Manzo writes:
> In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, William R. Ward writes:
> > That's spelled "gyp" and it's a racist term (short for Gypsy), which
> > you should probably refrain from using.
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> Are you sure about this? I have heard this term many times and always
> assumed it was gipped. For example, this is how I usually hear the term: "I
> was gipped (gyped) at the used car lot." I guess I see your point but I
> think that this was just one term that was acclimated into the American
> vocabulary.
He is correct. From Dictionary.com:
gyp also gip (jp) Slang
tr.v. gypped, also gipped gyp·ping, gip·ping gyps, gips
To deprive (another) of something by fraud; cheat or swindle.
n.
1. A fraud or swindle.
2. One who defrauds; a swindler.
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[Probably short for Gypsy.]
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gypper n.
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Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Matt (Self-Proclaimed LUGNET King of Citing Stuff ©)
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| (...) And even if it were not derived from "Gypsy", as long as there is any possibility that people might be offended, it is probably safer not to use the term. "Renege", which is actually derived from the Latin renegare, meaning to deny, comes to (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I imagine some will get similarly upset when I refer to gypsum. If people are willing to go to such preposterous etymological lengths to be offended, I'd like to point out that every time someone "testifies" in court or elswhere, that person (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Are you sure about this? I have heard this term many times and always assumed it was gipped. For example, this is how I usually hear the term: "I was gipped (gyped) at the used car lot." I guess I see your point but I think that this was just (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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