Meaning of gypo | Babel Free

Definitions

Alternative spelling of gippo.

UK, alt-of, alternative, offensive, slang

Examples

“Talk⟳ to almost any European today—that is, an accepted European. “Those bloody gypos,” says an Englishman. “Filthy, lazy beggars and thieves,” says a Belgian. “Kidnappers,” says a Frenchman. Even according to some gypsiologists, the Roma are not essentially a nomadic or “wandering” people; […]”

“"[…] that you're closing down a logging operation, when you look⟳ out there in the woods and there's gypos running around like⟳ pissants on a honey tree, that there's no logging out there. Let's move⟳ these people. In fact, if these people have⟳ got to become⟳ gypsies of the industry and move⟳ around and log⟳ because you shut⟳ their jobs off and they've got to go to work⟳ for Brand X Logging, then at least let⟳ us contract and do it for a major employer where our seniority and our benefits are still intact."”

“Sure enough the Scots and the gypsies had introduced each other and it looked like⟳ me and Paul had a riot on our hands. Johnny, the other lad, had to stay⟳ on the door, as is standard practice. There was a ruck of about twenty blokes punching and kicking seven bags of shit out of each other, so me and Paul got amongst it as best we could. I pulled the gypos back, sovereign rings and all, while Paul weighed into the kilt-wearing warriors.”

“Some people live⟳ in caravans all the time, I say⟳ to Ronnie. / Yeah, the gypos, he says. / When they knocked all the old houses down on Kates Hill the gypsies came and lived there. […] Some people doh think⟳ the same as us. Some people am different to us. Don’t worry⟳ about it. / Like⟳ the gypos? / Don’t you dare say⟳ gypos! I doh want⟳ to hear⟳ you saying that word! […] You can call⟳ them gypsies. I don’t want⟳ you repeating what you hear⟳ other people say⟳. / She says this all the time. / Actually, I have⟳ heard my dad call⟳ them gypos when he was washing the car, talking to a neighbour of ours called Mick, but I think⟳ I’d better not mention⟳ it.”

““[…]And any fucking gypo, foreigner, anyone, just kill⟳ them,” said the voice.”

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