Change the Offensive Definition of Gypsy from Dictionary.com
We, the undersigned, protest Dictionary.coms entry for the term Gypsy that defines a Gypsy as one of a vagabond race... living by theft, fortune telling, horsejockeying, tinkering (fourth entry down t... continue reading »
"I find this entry highly offensive. Romanies (popularly but innacurately called "Gypsies") are a race of people, not nomadic thieves. This is racist and absurd."
"I can't believe they put that in the dictionary."
"the hell with them!!!!"
"i dont rly no y im signing im doing this"
"It never ceases to amaze me. Any such regarding any other ethnic group would result in lawsuits and human rights groups out for blood but the stereotypes and slurs regarding our people remain intact."
"Ik ben 6 jaar, een Belgische Roma jongen. Geen dief of luiaard."
"I found this definition myself before finding this petition and was shocked that such an outright generalisation and stereotype could be put forward as a dictionary definition!"
"Let try to change not only the dictionaries,but the minds also"
"Would you say something derogatory about a Hebrew or African-American in a defination of same, No it would deter sales of your biased dictionary, etc."
