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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous](1) "gypped" is an ethnic slur. Don't use it or you sound either ignorant or intentionally awful.

(2) if you are charging $10 to each family now, and planning to increase to $15 for the one family's second child, plan to look for a new job. [/quote]

I've never knew gypped was an ethic slur. I always knew it as meaning cheated or swindled. Guess I'm ignorant to the multiple ethic slurs out there. Sorry if I offended anyone, wasn't my intention.
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NP here.   OP, I grew up in the Boston area and heard the term "gyped" all the time too and never knew it was a racial slur.[/quote]

I know, everyone native to Boston says it. I looked it up after the pp commented, most dictionaries don't mention the racial/ethnic connotation but I guess it refers to gypsies. It's actually quite funny because I've basically been insulting my own ancestry all these years without ever realizing. One side of my family can be traced back to the gypsies that lived between the border of France and Spain.  Maybe because gypsies aren't heard of much in the US unlike Europe, it never clicked with me. I learn something new everyday. [/quote]

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