Peanuts by Charles Schulz for February 04, 1981
Transcript:
Lucy sits behind a cookie stand. Charlie Brown holds a cookie and says, "You cheated me . . . There's only one chocolate chip in this cookie . . ."<BR><BR> Lucy replies, "That's the way it goes . . 'let the buyer beware' . . . Move on kid!"<BR><BR> Linus approaches and asks, "What's that you're eating, Charlie Brown?"<BR><BR> Charlie Brown says, "I think it's a chocolate gyp cookie."<BR><BR>
Wow, I’m surprised there’s no one going, “So politically incorrect! (Gasp!)” Yes, technically, the term “gyp” is at its root insulting to those of Romany descent.But we kids of the 70s and 80s grew up using it completely innocently, without any idea of its roots. It just meant “cheat,” and was in no way meant as a slur.Now look into “Eeny Meeny Miney Moe.” The word wasn’t originally “tiger.” Ask a Baby Boomer.