The Trentonian (Trenton, NJ)

Stereotypi­cal

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1. What a rip-off! That’s another use of this three-letter word, itself shortened from the unchosen label for any of the supposedly rogue Romani people who once had a namesake Broadway musical.

2. An ironic casual stereotype, given the history of broken promises they’ve faced, this insult possibly stems from Lewis and Clark who noted an indigenous bartering system unusual to the white man.

3. Historical­ly, people from England sometimes considered people from Wales a crew of cheap charlatans, so whenever anybody reneged on a deal, the English gave the act this label.

4. Mostly spoken when the bill comes, this individual­ity pact began after the intermitte­nt wars between Britain and the Netherland­s exposed supposed stinginess on the part of Holland.

5. Even Bugs Bunny used this old Dixie euphemism, which is a controvers­ial reference of hard-handed slave labor that was pulled from the plantation.

6. This is an alternate title for criminal transporte­r, but it’s still uncertain if the slight comes from the stereotype that said people were the drivers or if they were the passengers.

7. From the same cultural group, ones whose religious conviction­s typically encouraged multiple children, this refers to siblings of any derivation who are 10 or so months apart.

Courtesy of The Democratic Republic of Trivia

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