Indian giverIndian burnIndian summer
― rocognise gnome (remy bean), Thursday, 19 January 2012 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
i mean re gypped, i think the disconnect in america is like most ppl probably heard that word more than they've hear anything about actual gypsies
― deltron the escape g.o.a.t. (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 19 January 2012 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
whats even worse is when you try to play NEGRO against a black friend and learn that it isnt even a word
― frogbs
that really is pretty awkward
― omar little, Thursday, 19 January 2012 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
i think that was supposed to be a joke? but "Negro" is a word. but it's a proper noun, i guess, so maybe it doesn't count? i have devoted too much thought to this.
― horseshoe, Thursday, 19 January 2012 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
slurs with friends
― deltron the escape g.o.a.t. (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 19 January 2012 18:46 (twelve years ago) link
Indian burn interestingly known as Chinese burns in the UK.
― ENBB, Thursday, 19 January 2012 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
frogbs + his black friends would make a good sitcom
― iatee, Thursday, 19 January 2012 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
http://oranges-world.com/data_images/black-frog.jpg
― I am that young sis, the beacon, a yardstick (dayo), Thursday, 19 January 2012 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah tbh I learned a lot more about tramps and thieves growing up.
― Famous porn scenes like "shake that bear" (Phil D.), Thursday, 19 January 2012 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
my dad did a favor for a gypsy once, and the gypsy saved his life in turn. true story!
― gnome (remy bean), Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
that's just enforcing stereotypes about gypsies having magic powers
― iatee, Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:11 (twelve years ago) link
Remy and iatee need to stop disagreeing right now, it's giving me cognitive dissonance.
― It means why you gotta be a montague? (Laurel), Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
even better fact: the guy smuggled my dad a message on minuatuer nautical flags hung from the rigging of a hand-built ship in a bottle
― gnome (remy bean), Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
How old are you Contenderizer? Just curious cause I thought that had been out of use for a really long time in the US.
i'm forty-something, and yeah, it has. a gap in my awareness.
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
tbh i thought 'gypsy' was generally considered offensive in and of itself? or at least "not politically correct"?
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
well, not in the stevie nicks usage
― iatee, Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
joey skaggs to thread fwiw:
http://www.joeyskaggs.com/images/hoax/gyp1.jpg
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
according to pops, gypsy is an acceptable usage when applied to gypsy romany people, not to any type of itinerant or eastern european. but this was in the prison system in the '80s.
― gnome (remy bean), Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
No, I think the term in and of itself is totally fine when used to describe actual romany gypsies but there are so many negative associations with gypsies that is feels "bad" somehow.
― ENBB, Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
hey guys is this song racist, it came on when a friend was over and he said it was p racist, I guess I didn't even think about it being racist because I liked it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyiU1Kkzg9A
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
kind of amazed that so many are/were unaware of the meaning of "gypped/jipped". thought it was pretty well understood that that's a slur. but i just checked with my gf, and she defended it, first saying that it's spelled differently, then that "there aren't many of them here" (in america). uh...then again, i thoughtlessly used "mongoloid" to mean idiot in a conversation with a chinese friend a few years ago, and she went off on me quick.
then again, i thoughtlessly used "mongoloid" to mean idiot in a conversation with a chinese friend a few years ago, and she went off on me quick.
I never put 2 and 2 together on "jipped" because I hear the word 'gypsy' like twice a year. My Mom's nickname was "gypsy" when she managed a band some 15 years ago, not her choice but certainly not something I thought was offensive
"Mongoloid" is one I never thought about either, only time I hear it is in the Devo song
― frogbs, Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
I don't think it's necessarily offensive to be like 'oh yeah I've been a gypsy over the last few years, lived in chicago, baltimore, dc...' - there's nothing inherently offensive about associating gypsies w/ nomadism I think?
― iatee, Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
believe it or not it wasn't a joke, it was the only five-letter word I could make and apparently it didn't take
maybe the 'sting' of it is taken out b/c my wife's nickname has always been "La Negra" which isn't really supposed to have any racial connotations
― frogbs, Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
No, I think that would be OK. Using "gyped" is pretty offensive those because it's sort of similar to when people use "jew" as a verb like he "jewed" me down.
― ENBB, Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
x-post -
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Is that a nickname that her family thought of?
― It means why you gotta be a montague? (Laurel), Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
btw gypsies are a lot more common in Europe. When people there refer to gypsies they usually mean either one of the following two groups:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_peoplehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Travellers
― ENBB, Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
Probably and I'd assume that it's because she's the darkest out of them. I'm pretty sure I've heard spanish ppl use Negra as a nickname in that context before too and it would never have ocurred to them that it was a racist thing to do.
― ENBB, Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5lM4gwnaSU
― pretty sure you're an immature midget (buzza), Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
tried to play "jewy" on a triple word score in words w/ friends just the other day, but no dice
― tyga mother (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
no, her grade school friends did as she had the darkest skin out of anyone there (though it's lightened up considerably after 18 months in Wisconsin!)
oh yeah, I got that, it's just associating "gyp" with the "gypsies" is something I wouldn't have done on my own
― frogbs, Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
My friend, who works in a bar, set his FB status today to "I hate naggers" because he was fed up of people complaining. Can anybody guess what his iPhone auto-corrected it to?
― Sugary pee is not normal (aldo), Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah I didn't realize this until a couple years ago until someone pointed it out to me tbh. I still sometimes say things like, "This bag isn't even 1/2 full - what a jip/gyp!" because I'm just so used to it.
― ENBB, Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
x-post
omg
― ENBB, Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
her grade school friends did as she had the darkest skin out of anyone there
well
― omar little, Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
― Sugary pee is not normal (aldo), Thursday, January 19, 2012 1:48 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i call bullshit
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I2If0jRpJT4/TB2tbAYC4yI/AAAAAAAABjE/tHpdATG5VEM/s1600/princess_and_the_frogBS.jpg
― Famous porn scenes like "shake that bear" (Phil D.), Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
I've been pretty Chinese for the last couple years, considering I eat a lot of white rice.
― mh, Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
x-post - Yeah, would a phone really have ni***rs in its dictionary?
― ENBB, Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
omg phil d
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
― mh, Thursday, January 19, 2012 2:52 PM (21 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
MH - I think Iatee's actually right in that situation and that you can use gypsy to mean nomadic or in terms of fashion, music etc.
― ENBB, Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
my phone has "naggers" in its dictionary, weirdly
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
x-post "In North America, the word gypsy is commonly used as a reference to lifestyle[32] or fashion, and not to the Romani ethnicity."
― ENBB, Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
Won't anyone think of the shiftless, agoraphobic gypsies.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, but do you not see how that in itself is problematic?
xpost
― emil.y, Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
Call bullshit all you like, he told me himself 5 minutes ago. A common friend told me just before that (when he wasn't there). Xposts
― Sugary pee is not normal (aldo), Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
how about "the wandering jew"
― pretty sure you're an immature midget (buzza), Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
i was a gypsy for a while in the early 00s, mainly because i would stroke the cheek of those who crossed me with the feather of a black rooster, cursing them with seven years and seven days ill fortune
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
I would have seriously scored 90+ points on "PIGBERT", but alas
― frogbs, Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
alas what
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:57 (twelve years ago) link