gyppo

Derivative of Gypsy. Normaly used to denote someone who is scruffy and unkept.

by debaser October 30, 2003

gyppo

an Irish Travel(derogatory, intended to compare them to gypsies in a negative way)

I am tired of that gyppo bugging me for donations.

by The Return of Light Joker April 12, 2008

gyppo

independent contractor, especially one who works in the logging industry.

John Doe is a gyppo logger.

by Susan February 28, 2004

gyppo-pride

Pride in one's actual or supposed gypsy ancestry.

"I got gyppo-pride, innit."

by Porkling July 2, 2004

gypsum gyppo

a gyppo who now lives in a house

Man 1: he lives in a house? thought he was a gyppo?

Man 2: nah, he sold his caravan and got a house, now he's a gypsum gyppo

by TomD4Eva November 2, 2009

Gyppo

A term originating and mainly used in the Pacific-Northwest region (northern costal USA, southern coastal Canada). It refers to generally smaller non-union groups paid by the job and the degree of the service produced that operates differently from a lot of the mainstream corporate operations which mostly charge cutthroat prices for jobs of which the quality may vary. The term originates from logging where these non-unionized, piecework operating outfits were called gyppo loggers. Now it applies to anything although it often pertains to manual labor. While gyppo outfits pay well in the short term, the benefit of this fizzles in the lack of unionization along with not having benefits or a pension which means you don't have a financially stable future when you cant work and means trouble if you get injured.

Man, this road looks terrible! Must've been paved by a gyppo outfit.

by Radocruz March 9, 2021