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 »
"Twice in the past I asked that the offensive definition be removed or corrected. I received no reply."
"Roma Family from Canada"
"A decent dictionary surely should use ACCURATE definitions? Otherwise how can it call itself a dictionary? Saying that Gypsies are by very definition theives is nothing less than racism, nor is the description of us as vagabonds and fortunetellers accurat"
"Change it"
"Many of my friends are Roma/Gypsies. No one is a thief or a vagabond."
"the description is offensive and should be removed!"
"I saw the online dictionary describing Gypsies as dark skinned people who tell fortunes!!! Good lord people what century is this????"
"It is time to be stoped the contemporary Romany Holockaust!!!"
