pikey fashion
- noun
- /ˈpaɪki ˈfæʃən/
- Slur
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estilo de vestir estereotipado asociado a comunidades itinerantes (despectivo)
- She was judged unfairly for her pikey fashion, though she simply liked bold clothing.
Examples
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Some tabloids criticized celebrities for adopting a so-called pikey fashion on the red carpet.
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I saw a lot of pikey fashion at the festival.
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His parents disapproved of his pikey fashion and told him to dress differently for the party.
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Why do some people criticize pikey fashion so harshly?
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His parents disapproved of his pikey fashion and told him to dress differently for the party.
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Some tabloids criticized celebrities for adopting a so-called pikey fashion on the red carpet.
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She was judged unfairly for her pikey fashion, though she simply liked bold clothing.
Synonyms
A fashion style among young women in the UK with bright colours and shiny jewellery
A messy, not fashionable style often seen on people who like computers or games
A comfortable traditional country look, like jackets and boots
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is compositionally built from the adjective 'pikey' (cheap, shabby) + 'fashion' (style of dress), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a cheap or shabby style of dress. Cultural and derogatory connotations linked to specific social groups are pragmatic and may not be fully inferred from the words alone, but the basic descriptive meaning is directly derivable.
Etymology
Pikey fashion uses the word pikey, an offensive name that may come from people who travelled and worked on the roads long ago. Because pikey was used to describe and insult those travellers, pikey fashion came to mean a style of dress seen as 'cheap' or 'linked to those groups'.