Pikey vs Ned - What's the difference?
pikey | ned |
(British, pejorative) 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 run-down estates.
(Scotland, slang, pejorative, offensive) A person, usually a youth, of low social standing and education, a violent disposition and with a particular style of dress (typically sportswear or Burberry), speech and behaviour.
* 2007 (Scotland), RecordView'' in ''Daily Record, 14 Feb 07 , Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail, p. 8,
As nouns the difference between pikey and ned
is that pikey is a low-ranking soldier who merely carries a pike while ned is a person, usually a youth, of low social standing and education, a violent disposition and with a particular style of dress (typically sportswear or Burberry), speech and behaviour.As a verb pikey
is to steal.As a proper noun Ned is
a medieval diminutive of the male given name Edward.As an initialism NED is
new English Dictionary.pikey
English
Etymology 1
pike + -yEtymology 2
From obsolete pike , to depart or travel, or possibly from turnpike (en) - needs to be confirmedNoun
(en noun)See also
* charva * chav * yob * gypsyEtymology 3
Derived from the stereotype that all gypsies or other travellers are thieves.ned
English
Noun
(en noun)- The mindless behaviour of drunken neds and nuisance neighbours brings misery to tens of thousands of honest folk.