<i>casual old-fashioned ethnic slur</i><p>It&#x27;s not a slur. Why does everything need to be so PC these days? The term may have originated in NYC, home of much colorful language.<p>Here&#x27;s a Village Voice article that provides a lot of background and that quotes illegal cab drivers referring to themselves that way:<p><pre><code>   once a gypsy, always a gypsy
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