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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2013-08-19 06:47 pm

[ SECRET POST #2421 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2421 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2013-08-20 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
It's gypped, and it's not from 'gypsy' It's from gyp, which was a term for vulture. Gyp and gypsy have the common root of Egypt. Gyps bengalensis is not a slur, it's a white-rumped vulture.

There's historical quotes of people using gyp and gypped to refer to 'vulture-like' people, usually servants. But I've yet to see anyone find a document actually recording the phrase "They gypsied me" which is supposedly the origin or gypped.