different between pikey vs spikey

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pa?.ki/
• Rhymes: -a?ki

Etymology 1

pike +? -y.

Noun

pikey (plural pikeys)

1. (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.

Adjective

pikey (comparative more pikey, superlative most pikey)

1. 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)

1. (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)

1. (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?

Verb

pikey (third-person singular simple present pikeys, present participle pikeying, simple past and past participle pikeyed)

1. (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.

See also

• charva
• chav
• gypsy
• yob

References

English

Adjective

spikey (comparative more spikey, superlative most spikey)

1. Alternative form of spiky

Anagrams

• kypies, pikeys