consensus on the word "gypped"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/24/offensive-words-_n_4144472.html

http://www.businessinsider.com/offensive-phrases-that-people-still-use-2013-11

Word do evolve, and can integrate into the common vocabulary to mean something completely innocuous.

[Anonymous]

I think it has been in usage long enough and moved far enough away from its origins that no one is going to gasp if they hear someone say, "Ah, I got gypped." I always thought of it as jipped, TBH.

[Anonymous]

I think it is the same asd saying something like "he jewed me down on the price."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/24/offensive-words-_n_4144472.html

http://www.businessinsider.com/offensive-phrases-that-people-still-use-2013-11

Word do evolve, and can integrate into the common vocabulary to mean something completely innocuous.

But you're not the one who gets to declare that henceforth it's innocuous.

OP, I don't use the word.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it is the same asd saying something like "he jewed me down on the price."

. Which is offensive.

[Anonymous]

I am NOT saying Urban Dictionary makes this correct (LOL!!) but even it has the entry as "jipped," which leads me to believe that when people use it they aren't referring to gypsies.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jipped

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it has been in usage long enough and moved far enough away from its origins that no one is going to gasp if they hear someone say, "Ah, I got gypped." I always thought of it as jipped, TBH.

Idiots like you concern me.

[Anonymous]

In my social work grad program last year, they mentioned this word, and many others, as an example of microaggression. Definitely a slur.

[Anonymous]

I prefer to say, "we was robbed."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:wow, i never even thought of it that way. I've learned something new on DCUM!

I like "short changed." I will replace with that

Wow. Me too. I even think I may have spelled it jipped because I've never realized the association.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it has been in usage long enough and moved far enough away from its origins that no one is going to gasp if they hear someone say, "Ah, I got gypped." I always thought of it as jipped, TBH.

Idiots like you concern me.

Nah. There are such bigger fish to fry in this world beyond people saying they were treated unfairly by using a word that does not bring up a negative connotation for 98% of the population. But keep on raising awareness, sport. Maybe start wearing a ribbon?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it has been in usage long enough and moved far enough away from its origins that no one is going to gasp if they hear someone say, "Ah, I got gypped." I always thought of it as jipped, TBH.

Idiots like you concern me.

Nah. There are such bigger fish to fry in this world beyond people saying they were treated unfairly by using a word that does not bring up a negative connotation for 98% of the population. But keep on raising awareness, sport. Maybe start wearing a ribbon?

Or a wristband!

[Anonymous]

Slur but we don't have gypsies here.

[Anonymous]

"Anonymous
I think it has been in usage long enough and moved far enough away from its origins that no one is going to gasp if they hear someone say, "Ah, I got gypped." I always thought of it as jipped, TBH."

+1
Disagree that it is like saying you were "jewed down in price". That clearly still has a strong association as a slur. I and I think many other people do not at all connect getting " gyped" with gypsies. And yes I thought for a long time it was spelled as pp mentions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Slur but we don't have gypsies here.

I thought we did.