• Every week without fail someone asks me “is the word Gypsy offensive?” There really is no simple answer. ­
  • Gypsy or gipsy is an English name for the Romani people. Gypsy or gipsy (or their plurals) may also refer to: Computing and technology[edit].
  • (sometimes offensive) Alternative form of Gypsy: a member of the Romani people. ... Like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and loose, Beguiled me to the very heart of loss.
  • The meaning of GYPSY is a member of a traditionally itinerant people who originated in northern India and now live chiefly in Europe and in smaller numbers...
  • However, Gypsy is a word that has also been used as a disparaging slur for this ethnic group, and many Romani people find it offensive.
  • Gypsy. Part of speech: adjective. ... Romani people, including suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft etc.Gypsy, of or belonging to the Romani.
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  • Gypsy (n.) also gipsy, c. 1600, alteration of gypcian, a worn-down Middle English dialectal form of egypcien "Egyptian," from the supposed origin of the people.
  • A Gypsy is a member of a racial/ethnic group known as the Romani, generally characterized by darker skin and black hair.