Was at my parents house the other week
After enjoying a cup of tea and a chat, I asked what they were doing for tea, to which my mum (who, bless her - is a modern day Julie Andrews from sound of music) responds they were having a chinese takeaway - or as she put it "we're having a tiddly wink"

Curious, I ask - but as I do - i see the link. My dad starts giggling to himself... he can see it unfolding.

"Mum - thats a bit racist - dont you think?"

She disagreed, shes always called it that, but never made the connection. She just thought it was a quirky name my dad ( who for the majority of his life worked as a plumber on building sites) had told her to use.

I had to literally spell it out to her the racist tone of the name she gave the chippy.

Her face went from confused, to happy, to mortified in an instant. She had been using this phrase for years.
(Dan dan dan They tik urh jerbs!!!, Tue 7 Jun 2016, 23:34, 14 replies)

My old flatmate once answered the door to the (Chinese) delivery guy from the local Chinese takeaway.
...and shouted "Who ordered the chinky?"

Didn't order from there again just in case.
( gone, Wed 8 Jun 2016, 8:42, closed)

rachelswipe didn't know what "pikey" means.

( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 8 Jun 2016, 9:13, closed)

the racist bitch

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 8 Jun 2016, 10:23, closed)

i wanted to edit it
I deleted it

I blame you or my iPhone, definitely not my fat fingers, oh no.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 8 Jun 2016, 11:20, closed)

when I went to university
the shower in my (ENSUITE) bathroom leaked. my new flatmate told me to put down a pikey towel until someone came to fix it.

I had never heard the word before, so I asked what it meant. she said it meant a bit crap/dirty/cheap. I liked the sound of it and used it a lot.

it was an embarrassing number of years before I worked out what it really meant.

so your mum is not alone in her blissful ignorance :(
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 8 Jun 2016, 11:20, closed)

The edit didn't improve it any

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 8 Jun 2016, 11:28, closed)

shut up you talking lentil

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 8 Jun 2016, 11:34, closed)

Lift Your Skinny Wrists etc

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Wed 8 Jun 2016, 16:20, closed)

Pikey just meant thief, when I was a boy.
Gypos were just gypos.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 8 Jun 2016, 19:36, closed)

I stil don't get why it's racist

( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Fri 10 Jun 2016, 7:52, closed)

Tiddly wink rhymes with a word associated with the chinese

(Dan dan dan They tik urh jerbs!!!, Fri 10 Jun 2016, 10:00, closed)