A coworker got jipped/gyped by a gyp, and now he hates them with a passion. I told him it’s his own fault. He wanted cheaper exchange rate than bank or currency exchange offered, so agreed to buy currency at a discount in an alley. They put a good bill on top and bottom and rest was paper cut to size. LOL
Edit: I don’t say gyp normally, this is a relayed story. Romani are the people.
He didn’t get ripped off. He just went to a place with a really bad exchange rate. That’s the sort of thing that can happen when you’re greedy. At least he was supporting a small independent business.
I’ve never heard “gyped” or “jipped”. I’d say you were “duped”.
But that could be because I speak a dialect which features strong yod-coalescence. So “dune” and “june” are pronounced the same. So perhaps I have heard it, but simply eggcorned it into “dupe”.
When getting ripped off or a bad deal, that’s being gyped. Thats against gypsies. I learned that one way late in life.
Wow, this is my first time learning this. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it written so I assumed it was spelled “jipped” and never made the connection.
A coworker got jipped/gyped by a gyp, and now he hates them with a passion. I told him it’s his own fault. He wanted cheaper exchange rate than bank or currency exchange offered, so agreed to buy currency at a discount in an alley. They put a good bill on top and bottom and rest was paper cut to size. LOL
Edit: I don’t say gyp normally, this is a relayed story. Romani are the people.
He didn’t get ripped off. He just went to a place with a really bad exchange rate. That’s the sort of thing that can happen when you’re greedy. At least he was supporting a small independent business.
I’ve never heard “gyped” or “jipped”. I’d say you were “duped”.
But that could be because I speak a dialect which features strong yod-coalescence. So “dune” and “june” are pronounced the same. So perhaps I have heard it, but simply eggcorned it into “dupe”.