What does a Gypsy call a non Gypsy?

A gorger is a Romani word for a non-Romani person.
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What do travellers call non Gypsies?

Romani gypsies have called non-Romani travellers as pikies for years. "Often they would often say they're not gypsy they're pikies" when refering to non-Romani travellers of the UK. Romani travellers would call mix-bred / halfcaste Roms as "Didikais" and non-Romani travellers as "Pikeys".
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What are non travellers called?

Travellers use the term among themselves to describe one another, but would be offended if they were called this by a “settled person”. They prefer to be known as Travellers. 7. Travellers refer to non-travellers as “settled people”. 8.
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What is the difference between a gypsy and a Gorger?

According to many My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding stars, a gorger is a term they use to describe someone who is not a gypsy — aka outsiders.
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What is a Gorger person?

noun. a person or animal that eats greedily and excessively, or that feeds voraciously on a particular thing:My brothers and sisters were all instant-gratification gorgers, and consumed their Halloween candy as quickly as they could. The ladybug is a voracious gorger of aphids.
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Why are non Gypsies called Gorgers?

Gorger comes from the Romani language gorgio or gadjo, referring to a person who is not an ethnic Romani. Its etymology is obscure. In 19th-century England, a gorger was adopted as a slang term for a “man,” including a “dandy” or “landlord.”
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What does Didicoy mean?

/ (ˈdɪdɪˌkɔɪ) / noun plural -coys or -kais. (in Britain) one of a group of caravan-dwelling roadside people who live like Gypsies but are not true Romanies.
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Is mush a Gypsy word?

Chav, mush, cushti and wonga - all words that have embedded themselves into the English vocabulary. But few people would guess their origins belong to a 16th century Romany Gypsy dialect still spoken by some travellers today.
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What is a black Gypsy?

Dark-skinned, enslaved for hundreds of years, tolerated as musicians and entertainers, reviled as supposedly incorrigible criminals, Gypsies have many of the familiar traits of black- ness. In Eastern Europe they are described as 'black', and also, think of themselves as such.
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What is a male Gypsy called?

Rom- Another name for male gypsies.
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What word can I use instead of gypsies?

Both Rom and Romany have been in use in English since the 19th century as an alternative for Gypsy. Romany is also spelled Romani, or Rommany.
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What does O Beng mean in gypsy?

In an interview with Digital Spy, series creator Steven Knight explained the meaning. “It's difficult to translate from the Romani, but it means 'devil.
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What race are Gypsies?

The Romani (also spelled Romany /ˈroʊməni/, /ˈrɒ-/), colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, traditionally nomadic itinerants. Most of the Romani people live in Europe, and diaspora populations also live in the Americas.
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How many different types of Gypsy are there?

The term 'Gypsies and Travellers' is difficult to define as it does not constitute a single, homogenous group, but encompasses a range of groups with different histories, cultures and beliefs including: Romany Gypsies, Welsh Gypsies, Scottish Gypsy Travellers and Irish Travellers.
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What celebrities are Gypsy?

Discover everyone on this list.
  • Michael Caine (1933)
  • Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977)
  • Yul Brynner (1920-1985)
  • Elvis Prisley (1935-1977)
  • Bob Hoskins (1942-2014)
  • Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
  • Rita Hayworth (1918-1987)
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What is DIN insult?

A lighthearted insult meaning fool. 'Din', 'Dinny' and 'dinny dinlo' are also used. The term apparently has its roots among the Romany gypsies, who still use it.
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What does chav mean in Gypsy?

chav (British; informal and derogatory): a young lower-class person typified by brash and loutish behaviour. ORIGIN. This noun is either from Romany čhavo, meaning an unmarried Romani male, a male Romani child, or from English chavvy or its Anglo-Romany etymon.
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What does Kushti Bok mean?

In the Romany language of the Gypsies, Cushti Bok means “Good Luck”
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What is a Diddikai?

noun. a person of partial Romani descent.
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What does Divya mean in Gypsy?

divya. ['dɪvjə], ['dɪvi:ə] divjo 'wild' (European Romani) mad person.
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How do you identify a Gypsy?

Old family photos can help to identify Gypsy heritage. Photographs taken at gatherings such as hop picking or fairs might be a sign, although these were often annual events which brought together families from many backgrounds, not just Gypsies and Travellers.
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What makes a person a Gypsy?

The definition of a gypsy is a member of a tribe of people found throughout the world who has no permanent home or someone who shares this wandering lifestyle. An example of gypsy is those who travel with a carnival. noun. 8. 1.
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What does tick Na Mora?

Speaking to Digital Spy, the show's creator, Steven Knight, confirmed that the Romani words “Tickna mora o'beng” basically translates to “devil”.
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