Micky
English
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Micky
- A diminutive of the male given name Michael, Mike or Mick.
- A diminutive of the female given name Michaela or Michelle.
- 2001, Dean Ray Koontz, One Door Away from Heaven, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 3:
- "What's yor name?" "Micky." "That's a name for a boy or a mouse. So it's probably Michelle. Most women your age are named Michelle or Heather or Courtney." "My age?" "No offense meant." "It's Michelina."
Derived terms
- take the Micky
Noun
Micky (plural Mickies)
- (slang, derogatory) Alternative form of Mick (“an Irishman”)
- 2011, Barry Goldson, Youth in Crisis?: 'Gangs', Territoriality and Violence, page 90:
- National identity and ethnic origin mapped gang territory: 'Little Italy'; 'Little Sicily'; 'Polish colony'; […] 'Mickies' (Irish). Each possessed demarcated districts within which gangs adopted neighbourhood names and tags […]
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