Micky

See also: micky and míčky

English

Alternative forms

• Mickey

Proper noun

Micky

1. A diminutive of the male given name Michael, Mike or Mick.
2. 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)

1. (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 […]