a trinket; a bauble.
A gypsy or traveller, especially one who is not Romani or is not full-blooded Romani.
That is a Diddicoy. A mixed-blooded gypsy. In Ireland still to this very day, a group known generally as Travelers roam the boreens (country roads) in caravans challenging each other to bare-knuckle fights for the right to boast.
The term “gypsy” is a descriptive term used to describe people of Romani descent. To the people of this culture, the term is considered derogatory. The term “gypsy” has taken on a more general meaning over time. Today the term is used to describe anyone of any race, color, etc. that travels from place to place.
Antigypsyism/anti-Tsiganism/Romaphobia essentially means the same thing and is a specific and long established form of racism. Throughout history, the words “Gypsy”, “Tsigane/Zigeuner”, and similar terms, have been used. These words have taken a derogatory connotation in very many languages.
I.q. Chabó. (Tchái), girl, lass, child; Gypsy.
This usage is related to “minge” itself, which the Oxford English Dictionary defines as “The female genitals; pubic hair.
In the 21st Century, the term Black Irish refers to Black people in Ireland – people of African or other Black heritage living in Ireland, raised in Ireland, or whose families now hail from Ireland. "Black Irish" is an officially recognised term used by the Irish government every 5 years during the census.
In Romani culture, a gadjo (masculine) or gadji (feminine) is a person who has no Romanipen. This usually corresponds to not being an ethnic Romani, but it can also be an ethnic Romani who does not live within Romani culture.
British Dictionary definitions for piety
piety. / (ˈpaɪɪtɪ) / nounplural -ties. dutiful devotion to God and observance of religious principles. the quality or characteristic of being pious.
Here is the Peaky Blinders Gypsy debacle explained. Tommy Shelby and his kin are Irish-Romani (sometimes spelled Romany) Gypsies, a unique cultural and ethnic group present in Britain since the 1500s.
Cushty. If you are an Only Fools and Horses fan, you will have definitely have heard the word 'cushty' before. It is one of the many phrases popularised by Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter. But, its origins are actually from Romany word 'kushtipen' or 'kushti' which means 'very good.
Rom (man) and romni (woman) also mean "husband" and "wife." Roma avoid Soviet ceremonies and have their own interesting wedding ceremonies, which are strictly observed, even in big cities. These ceremonies blend Orthodox wedding ritual and Gypsy custom.
A gorger is a Romani word for a non-Romani person.
“Roma” is the word (ethnonym) that the Roma use to describe themselves: it is the term for the members of that specific people and it is Romani for “man”. “Gypsy” is a derogatory, disparaging term – for many an insult — used by the majority population to define the Roma people.
For most of Ireland's recorded history, the Irish have been primarily a Gaelic people (see Gaelic Ireland). From the 9th century, small numbers of Vikings settled in Ireland, becoming the Norse-Gaels.
Irish people are known for pointy and angular features, characterized by strong-looking jaws and chins, deep-set eyes, and pronounced cheekbones. They also tend to have slick oval heads as well as long and tall pointed noses.
For the most part, the Irish ethnicity is Gaelic, a group of the ethnolinguistic Celtic families. However, the island was also influenced by Romans as well as invaded by the Vikings, the English, and a Viking-English-French mixture called the Normans.
noun Chiefly Irish Slang: Vulgar. a mean and contemptible person, especially a braggart. a stupid and incompetent person.
Mot. Girlfriend, wife, or any other kind of romantic female partner.
Houl yer whisht: literally means shut up or be quiet.
CURARA. "paternal grandmother." "maternal grandmother."
Yet the dedication to cleaning – born during nomadic days when keeping wagons clear from dust and dirt on the road was a tough undertaking for traveller women – remains important. As a result, cleaning is a process that takes priority over everything else – including school.
Guy Ritchie's film Snatch portrays “pikeys,” a pejorative term for the Irish Traveller community. Irish Travellers can speak English, but their primary language is Shelta, which is based on Irish Gaelic but also incorporates British English.
All traveller boys take part in 'grabbing'…
Made popular by the television show 'My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding', it is where Traveller girls are 'grabbed' as part of a courtship ritual, which sees boys forcing a kiss. The majority of Travellers have never heard of this and courtship occurs through careful supervision.