Gypsies

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What do we mean by gypsies?

(sometimes offensive) A member of the Romani people, or one of the sub-groups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichal, etc).

Nomadic people who travel europe doing performance arts. Urban Dictionary

The act of stealing in broad daylight Urban Dictionary

1. Noun: Somebody of Romani descent that lives a traveller lifestyle. 2. Verb: To take something without permission Urban Dictionary

While normally considered a racial slur, the word "gypsy" (in the US) refers to a person of Romani heritage. As with all cultures and groups, there are good and bad. They should not all be lumped into one group. I have met Rom that have stolen from my store, and I have met many Rom that have been wonderful, paying customers for years. You simply cannot blame an entire race of people for the misdeeds of a few. Are all whites bad? No. All blacks? No. The Romani in the US are not ethnically similar to the "Chav" or "Travellers" in the UK. At least in the US, the Romani that I have met dress very modestly, and are not bad people. They tend to have strong family values, and they take it very seriously. Urban Dictionary

A Gypsy is a member of a racial/ethnic group known as the Romani, generally characterized by darker skin and black hair. The largest population of Gypsies now lives in Eastern Europe, however communities of Gypsies can be found in many countries around the world. They first originated in India sometime before 400 AD, and began a nomadic lifestyle that eventually took many of them to Europe. From one initial community in India they have developed into several tribes that exist from India to Spain and from Russia to Northern Africa, and each tribe consists of countless clans, which vary dramatically in culture and lifestyle depending on which tribe and clan and even family they belong to. Clans usually specialize in a single, or few trades, such as horsemanship, fishing, music, dance and entertainment, metal working, and fortune telling. They have endured much racial discrimination in the past, which still continues today. Urban Dictionary

Descendant of the original Indian travellers who arrived in Western Europe after the downfall of the Byzantine empire in the 15th Century. The called themselves the 'Lords of Little Egypt' which contracted to Egyptians, Gyptians and eventually Gypsies or Gyppos. Little Egypt was the name given to the area we now call Turkey. Urban Dictionary

Rom nomad. Sometimes considered a derogatory term. Urban Dictionary

A person who drinks other peoples alcohol without paying. A moocher. Their tears are exceptionally valuable and are often collected. Urban Dictionary

Noun. pronounced (JIP-SEE) 1. A person from Romani descent. An ethnic race with origins from India. They are an often persecuted and hated people among outsiders or gadji (Romani term for non-Romani) due to the immense prejudice and derogatory stereo-types believed by most people. Noun. 2. A person whom chooses to travel, and does not possess permanent residence or stability. This term is often referred to anyone practicing such a lifestyle regardless of ethnicity or background. Adjective. 3. Something that is in character, ownership, or pertaining to the Romani. (ie: This is a gypsy dance; my gypsy friend is funny; you have a gypsy sense of style) Urban Dictionary

Once used as a derogatory term the word gypsy is used today to describe persons of nomadic lifestyles, whatever their race or origin. It also describes a counter culture movement that idealizes exploration and art. Modern gypsies, not to be confused with hippies often play the tambourine and perform some form of belly dance fusion/burlesque or fire dance. Many practice an earth based spirituality. They make their own clothes and wear corsets, dreadlocks and/or adorn their hair with colorful braided yarn extensions. Gothic/Dark Gypsies may do all of the above but wear mostly black and have many tattoos. Urban Dictionary

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The word "gypsies" in example sentences

A: I have been painting a series of flamenco dancers inspired by a book of photos of gypsies from the late 1800's. ❋ Unknown (2007)

_ Embracing English, American, and Anglo-Indian slang, pidgin English, gypsies 'jargon, and other irregular phraseology. ❋ Robert Ezra Park (1926)

'The people whom we call gypsies,' said I; 'whom the Germans call ❋ George Henry Borrow (1842)

When he was gone the pedlar assured Joseph that his parents were persons of much greater circumstances than those he had hitherto mistaken for such; for that he had been stolen from a gentleman's house by those whom they call gypsies, and had been kept by them during a whole year, when, looking on him as in a dying condition, they had exchanged him for the other healthier child, in the manner before related. ❋ Henry Fielding (1730)

"... and calling the Roma 'gypsies' is just as bad cuz to them it's an insult." ❋ Unknown (2005)

Almost 34 years ago, a group of "gypsies" - a term describing dancers who work in anonymity on Broadway-stepped into the spotlight with

The first account that I can recollect, or could ever learn of myself, was that I had wandered among a crew of those people they call gypsies, or Egyptians; but I believe it was but a very little while that I had been among them, for I had not had my skin discoloured or blackened, as they do very young to all the children they carry about with them; nor can I tell how I came among them, or how I got from them. ❋ Unknown (2003)

It’s been this way for months, and the only reason I haven’t yet sold her to the gypsies is that she is so damn cute. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Commonly called "gypsies," the Roma are Europe's largest minority and fastest growing demographic, numbering nearly 10 million. ❋ Catherine Messina Paijic (2011)

There, a number of countries have a complex and sometimes fraught relationship with minority groups known as gypsies, Roma or other names depending on their origin. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Travellers, sometimes called the gypsies of Ireland, the people of walking. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This involved flying to Serbia and meeting up with an orchestra of Roma musicians - Roma being the people long referred to as gypsies - and getting those Roma musicians to the recording studio in Belgrade meant a long journey from a little village. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Problems with so-called gypsies are not restricted to rural sites. ❋ Unknown (2007)

"The people whom we call gypsies," said I; "whom the Germans call ❋ George Henry Borrow (1842)

In the Middle Ages, most people thought they were from Egypt, so they became known as gypsies. ❋ CAROLYN KEENE (1983)

[Gypsies] came to town and performed [traditional] spanish dances such as [flamenco]. ❋ Controltouchmaster (2010)

[Alex] had his [highlighter] [pen] gypsied by Tom ❋ Tom Killengray (2007)

1: "Hey look it's Bob, he's a [gypsie]." 2. "I just [gypsied] a [pen] off Tyler." ❋ Edatron (2016)

I am a [Gadji] (non-Rom) person, and [I feel that] alot of the [definitions] of "Gypsy" are offensive. ❋ AuntieCracker (2011)

"That [Gypsy man] really takes [care] of his [horses]." ❋ Intothewest (2015)

[My mother] said I never should play with the [Gypsies] in [the wood] ❋ Klidenengro (2004)

"I'm [part] gypsy [somewhere] [way back]." ❋ Qit (2004)

Man who are all these people [I don't know] [coming] into our party? looks like the [gypsies] are infiltrating. ❋ DPSsoccer06 (2007)

"I am a [Gypsy] trying to educate ignorant people about our race." "A Gypsy bleeds the same blood [as you do]. We are all human when it comes to the reality of things." "No, [Borat]. The [gypsy] does not want to eat your 'KHRUM'." ❋ A Romani Girl (2006)

a modern gypsy [motto]: "Life is the [journey] not the [destination]" ❋ Poetic.terrorist (2009)

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