gegger

English

Pronunciation

• (British) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛɡə/
• (US, Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛɡər/

Etymology 1

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Noun

gegger (plural geggers)

1. (slang, UK, derogatory) Someone who does not conform to "chav" or "goth" stereotypes.

Etymology 2

From gegg (“hoax, trick”) +‎ -er.

Noun

gegger (plural geggers)

1. (Scotland, archaic) One who tricks someone else.
   • 1864 January, John Strang, Glasgow and Its Clubs: Or Glimpses of the Condition, Manners, Characters, and Oddities of the City, During the Past and Present Centuries‎^[1], page 342:

     The street was, for a moment, in confusion; when no sooner did the geggers see that the fall would be broken, […]

References

• “gegger, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.