The term “gypsy” is generally used to refer to a member of a travelling or itinerant people, specifically Roma people. The Roma people are divided into different groups. Associated with itinerancy, due to their history of (forced) migration, negative stereotypes of Roma as thieves and vagabonds continue to exist today. For the Roma people the term “gypsy” is derogatory. Consequently they collectively and officially adopted the term “Roma” in the 1970s.