ARMY WIVES Episode 6 of Season 2: Derogatory Reference to Gypsies

PZMiller — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:40:06 -0400

In episode 6 of Season 2 of Lifetime Television’s ARMY WIVES there was something that bothered me very much: Betty, the owner of the Hump Bar, uses the word “gypped” to mean “cheated.”

It amazes me that the writing staff of ARMY WIVES did not realize that this is a derogatory word based on the word Gypsy. The use of this word as a verb is very offensive to Gypsies. read more »