Pikey

tut · Post by **tut** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 6:06 pm

Another word that has been taken away from us that has been used hundreds of times on here.

Did anybody know that it has the same connotations against Gypsies/Travellers as the N word has against Blacks?

What now Mods?

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j2 lot · Post by **j2 lot** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 7:31 pm

Top Gear were vindicated as they were found to have used it in the context of 'cheap' rather than to describe er....

Travellers ! - it's not been stolen from us yet

Post by **campbell** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 8:22 pm

So the way I'd read it, to call someTHING "pikey" remains ok, but to call someONE pikey will result in an instant ban.

Howzat?

j2 lot · Post by **j2 lot** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 9:25 pm

No strictly speaking- it was cited that it could be a derogatory term but in this instance was reference to someone (Hammond in this case) who 'lives on the cheap'

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