Pecknarm en · PROPN
Etymology
Blend of Peckham + Vietnam, as an analogy between Peckham's high level of violence and the Vietnam War.
Meanings
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(Multicultural-London-English, slang) Peckham (a suburb of the borough of Southwark, Greater London, England).
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.
2010, Nigel Cawthorne, “The Peckham Boys” (chapter 1), in The World's Most Evil Gangsters, London: John Blake Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 14:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pecknam | alternative | lexicographic |