Pecknarm

English

Alternative forms

  • Pecknam

Etymology

Blend of Peckham +‎ Vietnam, as an analogy between Peckham's high level of violence and the Vietnam War.[1] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “why is -r- added? for easier pronunciation?”)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Pecknarm

  1. (slang, MLE) Peckham (a suburb of the borough of Southwark, Greater London, England).
    • 2010, Nigel Cawthorne, “The Peckham Boys” (chapter 1), in The World's Most Evil Gangsters, London: John Blake Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 14:
      A Ghetto Boy told journalist Donal MacIntyre: ‘If any of those Peckham Boys come over to New Cross, this will happen.’ And he ran his finger across his throat. MacIntyre asked if the war between the Ghetto Boys and the ‘Pecknarm’ — the slang name for Peckham – was about drugs.

References

  1. ^ “Pecknarm n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
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