Giving @Bdrake (and myself!) the benefit of doubt, I researched your claim. Indeed “gyp” is one of the most widely used words that is unknown to be offensive. This article is quite enlightening: https://amp.businessinsider.com/offensive-phrases-that-people-still-use-2013-11
So thanks for pointing it out @JAYM. But other than that piece of education, I did not find the comments from @Bdrake to be out of line.