what does pikey mean
Pikey is not a racial group, the term is used to describe anyone who lives in a caravan or shares the same values and culture of the travelling community, and whose main sources of income are as follows:riginally a harmless slang name for a gypsy and/or traveller, being derived from the word 'turnpike.'. Now generally regarded as a term of abuse that encompasses any persons perceived as common, tasteless, flashy, in-bred, thieving and a whole host of other sins, the primary term is till applied to gypsies.