I didn't realize that some people consider it a slur. Even when you use it to describe yourself, people have said that it's awful to even say the word "gypsy". I thought when someone describe themselves that way it just meant they were very carefree, kind of a hippie, bohemian, etc.
What do you all think?
I do understand that.
I'm just confused by people being offended by using the word in the way I described it in the OP -- hippie, Bohemian, etc. Like this:
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I didn't realize that some people consider it a slur. Even when you use it to describe yourself, people have said that it's awful to even say the word "gypsy". I thought when someone describe themselves that way it just meant they were very carefree, kind of a hippie, bohemian, etc.
What do you all think?
Because your use doesn't alter the negative connotations the word has. It'd be like describing yourself as a nigger because you're good at basketball.
I didn't realize that some people consider it a slur. Even when you use it to describe yourself, people have said that it's awful to even say the word "gypsy". I thought when someone describe themselves that way it just meant they were very carefree, kind of a hippie, bohemian, etc.
What do you all think?
You should probably ask someone who belongs to that ethnic group or someone who knows people who do as to whether or not that particular word is offensive to them or considered a slur. I generally do not like it when people decide to take vicarious offense on behalf of others when such protection was never asked for, and I am given to distrust such presumptuousness. But I am not going to give some kind of validation and tell you "Hey, there's nothing offensive using that word! Go nuts!" because that would be equally presumptuous of me.
Bottom line, some people will be pissed off no matter what you say, how you say it or how you meant it. These days, with the internet and all, they will also have a whole cadre of "friends" to help them explain to you just how horrible you are for having used such a slur.
It is a slur. Plain and simple, nothing but a slur.
No different than another slur, he Jewed me. A slur.
So now "Jew" is a slur too?
Like I said, it seems a lot of people have a lot of free time on their hands. It's a shame they choose to use it sorting out all the reasons they can be pissed off at someone else.
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Jew (jo͞o)
n.
1. An adherent of Judaism as a religion or culture.
2. A member of the widely dispersed people originally descended from the ancient Hebrews and sharing an ethnic heritage based on Judaism.
3. A native or inhabitant of the ancient kingdom of Judah.
[Middle English Jeu, from Old French giu, from Latin Iūdaeus, from Greek Ioudaios, from Aramaic yəhudāy, from Hebrew yəhûdî, inhabitant of Judah, from yəhûdâ, Judah; see Judah2.]
jew (jo͞o)
tr.v. jewed, jew·ing, jews Offensive
1. To bargain shrewdly or unfairly with. Often used with down.
2. To haggle so as to reduce (a price). Often used with down.
So now "Jew" is a slur too?
Like I said, it seems a lot of people have a lot of free time on their hands. It's a shame they choose to use it sorting out all the reasons they can be pissed off at someone else.
It is a slurGreetings, Lutherf. :2wave:
:agree: AND you said it better than I could have! :thumbs:
Not what I posted now is it. That change you made is disgraceful
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/jewed
I didn't realize that some people consider it a slur. Even when you use it to describe yourself, people have said that it's awful to even say the word "gypsy". I thought when someone describe themselves that way it just meant they were very carefree, kind of a hippie, bohemian, etc.
What do you all think?
So now "Jew" is a slur too?
Like I said, it seems a lot of people have a lot of free time on their hands. It's a shame they choose to use it sorting out all the reasons they can be pissed off at someone else.
It is a slur
Not what I posted now is it. That change you made is disgraceful
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/jewed
What he said made perfect sense. gypped/gypsy -- jewed/Jew. Gypsy a slur, but Jew isn't?
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