[NOTE: these terms are weaponized language, & meant to
give offense. Which is the whole & compleat point of insult &
invective, obscenity & blasphemy, & other political speech.]
ROMANY GYPSY: Gel... / Gel on... ‡
ROMANY GYPSY: Gavver... (s.) / Gavvers
(Pl.) ‡‡
ROMANY GYPSY: Gavva... (s.) / Gavvas
(Pl.) ‡‡‡
‡)
(1) [To] split / [To] get
out of Dodge / [To] get the fuck away
= i.e., “Fuck
off...” ; (2) sometimes used to
advise someone to “Fuck off...” —
esp. if the Gavvers are on their way; or if they’re really pissing you off
; NOTE: idiom used in S.E. England [Urban dictionary] ;
‡‡) Cop /
Cops, Pig / Pigs = a
derisive word for the police (whether m. or f.), whose pending arrival might occasion the use of the phrase “Gel on” ; NOTE: idiom
used in S.E. England [Ibid.] ;
‡‡‡) The legal establishment,
including Cops / Pigs , any police station or jail, courts, &
etc. To be avoided at all costs. NOTE: idiom used in S.E. England [Ibid.]
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