Just a quick and friendly reminder that GYPSY is a racial slur used against the Rroma, Lom, Dom, and Sinti people (and sometimes Travellers as well). If you don't belong to that group, you don't use the G-word. In the same way you don't use the N-word if you aren't Black.
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@LianaBrooks Thank you for this info. I know it's not a word I should use in the US, but I have had concerns about not using the right identifier for European people who do use it. Knowing that it is simply not my word to use clarifies this.
@weirdfizz If your European friend uses it because they belong to the tribes, they may give you permission to use it with them, especially if they're cut off in a way that they don't know which group they belong to. But Rroma/Roma/Romani would be the word I suggest you use first. Generally we're lumped together as the Romani people or the Roma (sometimes with a double-R).