Debate : 10849


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Re: New Brickbay promotion —Matthew Gerber
(...) 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. (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

	Re: New Brickbay promotion —Maggie Cambron
	(...) 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)

		Re: New Brickbay promotion —Lindsay Frederick Braun
		(...) I've seen indications that it may be a word derived from the trading port of Alexandria, where Egyptian traders' interactions with Europeans gave rise both to the "gypsy" and "gypping" concepts. This is supposedly because at the time Europeans (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

			Etymological Oddities (was Re: New Brickbay promotion) —Dave Schuler
			(...) I think it was taken fairly seriously--not as a veiled slur but as a matter of public embarrassment resulting in an offer of resignation by the "offending" party: (URL) In any case, I'm offended by your invocation of Hitler in your use of the (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

				Re: Etymological Oddities (was Re: New Brickbay promotion) —Maggie Cambron
				(...) Maggie C. (who would be living testament to the notion that the memory is the first to go except that I've always been this way! Oh, wait, I hope I'm not offending anyone with my use of the word TESTAMENT!) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

	Re: New Brickbay promotion —Dave Schuler
	(...) 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)

		Re: New Brickbay promotion —Lindsay Frederick Braun
		(...) Dave, I know you're smarter than this. You know well the difference between the semantic load of "gypsum" (if there is one, outside of East Tawas, MI, where it indicates employment ;) ) and that of "gypping" (or "Gypsy"). (...) What's so (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

			Re: New Brickbay promotion —Dave Schuler
			(...) What if you're overcharged for a low-quality load of gypsum? 8^) (...) And here I was afraid you were trying to sneak in some Nazi propaganda! 8^) Anyway, I wasn't able to type the umlaut so it came through the same! You crystallized it for (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

	Re: New Brickbay promotion —Josh Baakko
	(...) Don't mind me, but isn't that what a Gypsy is? Josh P.S. Please don't think of me as a racist or something... (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: New Brickbay promotion —Larry Pieniazek
		(...) I don't think you are a racist but I do think you may be misinformed, it is no more accurate to say that a Gypsy is a swindler than it is to say that a Yooper is stupid. ++Lar (a troll... literally! I live below the bridge.) (23 years ago, 15-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

			Re: New Brickbay promotion —Lindsay Frederick Braun
			(...) Oh ya! Dat's fer shur. Yawp. Izzit too late to be buildin' a shanty on dat dere lake dis year? (...) He really does! In terms of "north-up" and elevation, if memory serves. But it takes more than that to be a real troll; you need to eat (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)