Didicoy vs. Pikey — What's the Difference?

A gypsy or traveller, especially one who is not Romani or is not full-blooded Romani.

Pikey (; also spelled pikie, pykie) is a slang term, which is pejorative and considered by many to be a slur. It is used mainly in the UK to refer to people who are of the Traveller community, an ethnic group found in Great Britain and Ireland.

(informal) A pike (fish).

An itinerant person, especially one of Romani or Irish Traveller heritage.

A working-class (often underclass) person with negative connotations of benefit fraud, theft and living on rundown estates.

Associated with or filled with pike (fish).

Associated with members of the above-mentioned underclass.

To steal.