# Gypsy / Romani discussion (spun off from GQ thread) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 26, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gypsy-romani-discussion-spun-off-from-gq-thread/945074 "2021-06-26T16:34:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
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**Moderator Note** The OP of this thread was split off from the GQ thread as it was off-topic for that thread. This thread is for discussion of the term “gypsy”, which has often been used as a racial slur, and is now therefore considered offensive. The original thread that this was spun off from is here: > [@The legality of deterring mailbox baseball](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-legality-of-deterring-mailbox-baseball/593646): > > On a recent (rerun) episode of CSI, part of the plot involved a homeowner who, tired of having his mailbox destroyed by teens playing [mailbox baseball,](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mailbox_baseball) installs a mailbox filled solid with concrete. The result is that the next vandal to strike the mailbox with a bat (from a moving car) suffers severe injuries to his arm and shoulder, and the driver of the car ends up crashing and killing both himself and the injured mailbox hitter. On the show, the homeowner was charged with (IIRC) negligent h… Some discussion of the issue may be found on the wikipedia page here: > **[Names of the Romani people](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_the_Romani_people)** > > The Romani people are also known by a variety of other names; in English as gypsies or gipsies, and Roma; in Greek as γύφτοι (gíftoi) or τσιγγάνοι (tsiggánoi), in Central and Eastern Europe as Tsingani (and variants); in France as gitans besides the dated terms bohémiens and manouches; in Italy as rom and sinti besides the dated terms zingari, zigani, and gitani; in Spain as gitanos; and in Portugal and Brazil as ciganos. > Self-designation also varies: In Central and Eastern Europe, Roma is commo... --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gypsy-romani-discussion-spun-off-from-gq-thread/945074)._