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Cat Cafe's avatar

It may have actually started from a different word, you're right... but I think, at least in England, it does have at least a subliminal connection. "Scotch tape" is also called that to signify that it is "frugal"--it's so Imperial English (my Mother was English) to attack people who are trying to farm difficult land and have to pinch pennies, as being "cheap."

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As someone who loves words and language, I cannot BELIEVE it never occurred to me that "gypped" came from "gypsy". Duh, of course it did. Well, there's a word now excised from my vocabulary as well.

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