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Originally posted by MikeyChalupa
My mom told me I was left on the doorstep by Gypsies...
Also, the expression "getting Gypped" to reflect getting swindled. Since I've been in the Navy, I've also heard "getting Jewed." I'm not Jewish, but I grew up in a community that is about 85% Jewish and needless to say, this expression didn't exist there. It was kind of a shock to hear it for the first time. But "Gypped" seems acceptable to everyone else...
-Mikey
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Where I grew up, if you could negotiate a price downward, it was said that you had "Jewed down the price." I always regarded that phrase as a compliment to the legendary ability to negotiate.
Also, Gypsies would pass through our area once a year, and everybody seemed to turn up with one solitary item missing from their home at that time. Always just one item.