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pikey
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pa?.ki/
- Rhymes: -a?ki
Etymology 1
pike +? -y.
Noun
pikey (plural pikeys)
- (informal) A pike (fish).
- 1881, Robert Lloyd Patterson, The Birds, Fishes & Cetacea of Belfast Lough, page 226:
- In 1876, in twelve fishings in the same months, there were caught 31 Pikeys, 4 Spotted Dogs, and 441 Nowds.
- 1881, Robert Lloyd Patterson, The Birds, Fishes & Cetacea of Belfast Lough, page 226:
Adjective
pikey (comparative more pikey, superlative most pikey)
- Associated with or filled with pike (fish).
Etymology 2
Possibly from obsolete pike (“depart or travel”), or possibly from turnpike. The verb is derived from the stereotype that gypsies or other travellers are thieves.
Noun
pikey (plural pikeys)
- (Britain, derogatory, offensive) A working-class (often underclass) person; can vary from specifically Irish Travellers to gypsies or travellers from any ethnic background, but now increasingly used for any socially undesirable person, with negative connotations of benefit fraud, theft, single-parent families and living on rundown estates.
Adjective
pikey (comparative more pikey, superlative most pikey)
- (Britain, slang, derogatory) Associated with members of the above-mentioned underclass.
- 2006 September 9, "Huge", in Re: Oh for FU--S sake!, in uk.rec.driving, Usenet:
- Blimey. The least pikey place on the planet.
- 2007 October 18, "PC Paul", Re: Exhaust security bolts help, in uk.rec.cars.maintenance, Usenet:
- > You could try moving somewhere less pikey?
- 2012 March 11, "Lieutenant Scott", Re: Definition of "loading" in a parking space, in uk.rec.driving, Usenet, quoting another user:
- >> > No, you're more pikey than a traffic warden.
- >> >> Nothing is more pikey than a traffic warden, even an immigrant.
- >> >> > Not even a Glaswegian?
- 2006 September 9, "Huge", in Re: Oh for FU--S sake!, in uk.rec.driving, Usenet:
Verb
pikey (third-person singular simple present pikeys, present participle pikeying, simple past and past participle pikeyed)
- (Britain, slang, derogatory) To steal.
- 2004 October 25, "Lister", Re: Monday, Monday, Play, Want, Bin, in uk.games.video.misc, Usenet:
- >It's getting hold of a copy that isn't pikeyed that I'm having >difficulty with :-(
- 2006 September 29, Conor, Re: Car legally removed or stolen?, in uk.rec.cars.misc, Usenet:
- Agree with Adrian about it being Pikeyed. At least you've a cheque to go buy something else.
- 2007 August 9, "Diablos Rojos", Re: Special offer to all Scummers, in alt.sports.soccer.manchester.united, Usenet:
- Rumour has it that you once posting something interesting that was pikeyed straight from scrotexes lame troll book.
- 2004 October 25, "Lister", Re: Monday, Monday, Play, Want, Bin, in uk.games.video.misc, Usenet:
See also
- charva
- chav
- gypsy
- yob
References
pikey From the web:
- pikey meaning
- pikey what they do
- what do pikas eat
pukey
English
Etymology
puke +? -y
Adjective
pukey (comparative pukier, superlative pukiest)
- (informal) Resembling vomit in colour, texture, etc.
- 2007, Lauren Mechling, Laura Moser, Foreign Exposure: The Social Climber Abroad:
- The walls in this abandoned waiting area were painted a pukey orange, compounding the feeling of queasiness I'd had since breakfast.
- 2007, Lauren Mechling, Laura Moser, Foreign Exposure: The Social Climber Abroad:
- (informal) Inclined to vomit; sick.
- 1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger
- His heart was thumping harder than ever, and it was impossible to tell if the sickish, pukey feeling deep down in his belly was relief or terror.
- 2005, Rebecca Eckler, Knocked Up: Confessions of a Hip Mother-to-be:
- There's no way he'd allow a dog on his couch or on his 500-thread-count sheets, let alone a pukey baby.
- 1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger
- (informal) Vile; contemptible.
- 2003, Guy Davenport, The Death of Picasso:
- He called Mikkel a pukey little faggot. I'll kick him again when I can get at him.
- 2007, Paul Auster, Travels in the Scriptorium:
- […] it's nothing more than a pukey little garrison town in the middle of nowhere.
- 2003, Guy Davenport, The Death of Picasso:
Translations
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