gardencherub

@Strongheart congratulations, you found a definition from the extremely unreliable source, also, an AMERICAN SOURCE, for the slur gypsy. Listen up, gypsy is a word that has been used for centuries to oppress, terrorize and KILL Rroma. It was tattooed on out ancestors by Hitler, it has always been and still is used against us to instill terror and fear in us, to shut us up, throw us out of where we’re just trying to live. It’s the reason that so many are afraid to reveal that they are in fact Rroma. It’s the reason so many hide the truth from their children, keep that part of themselves hidden away. http://myjourneymythoughts.tumblr.com/post/35281274041/to-those-who-believe-gypsy-is-a-racial-slur
          	- http://groupthink.jezebel.com/massively-racist-mainpage-article-on-gawker-1448655453

Strongheart

So dictionaries  are no longer valid  for definitions now? what because it's  American ?  and is one dictionary the bible of all dictionaries or is only your dictionary valid  or your viewpoint the only valid  viewpoint ? Are we to censor  all writing because of narrow minded  thinking then?  You are entitled to your thoughts as  am I  we will just have to agree to disagree
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gardencherub

@Strongheart congratulations, you found a definition from the extremely unreliable source, also, an AMERICAN SOURCE, for the slur gypsy. Listen up, gypsy is a word that has been used for centuries to oppress, terrorize and KILL Rroma. It was tattooed on out ancestors by Hitler, it has always been and still is used against us to instill terror and fear in us, to shut us up, throw us out of where we’re just trying to live. It’s the reason that so many are afraid to reveal that they are in fact Rroma. It’s the reason so many hide the truth from their children, keep that part of themselves hidden away. http://myjourneymythoughts.tumblr.com/post/35281274041/to-those-who-believe-gypsy-is-a-racial-slur
          - http://groupthink.jezebel.com/massively-racist-mainpage-article-on-gawker-1448655453

Strongheart

So dictionaries  are no longer valid  for definitions now? what because it's  American ?  and is one dictionary the bible of all dictionaries or is only your dictionary valid  or your viewpoint the only valid  viewpoint ? Are we to censor  all writing because of narrow minded  thinking then?  You are entitled to your thoughts as  am I  we will just have to agree to disagree
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Strongheart

Your comment.... Gypsy is an extremely racist term for Romanians. You should look up words before you decide to so blatantly use them.
          
           My reply .....Strongheart
          
          And you  should look up the definition before leaving a comment While I appreciate your point of view my title will stand as it is.If it's  derogatory it's because people are narrow minded  in their thinking the original meaning of gypsy is far from derogatory as shown below. There is nothing derogatory in this at all.
          Gyp·sy also Gip·sy  (jps)
          n. pl. Gyp·sies also Gip·sies
          1. A member of a people that arrived in Europe in migrations from northern India around the 14th century, now also living in North America and Australia. Many Gypsy groups have preserved elements of their traditional culture, including an itinerant existence and the Romany language.
          
          2. See Romany.
          3. gypsy One inclined to a nomadic, unconventional way of life.
          
          NOW IF you see something racist  in that definition then our world is in a sad  state of affairs.