List of English words of Romani origin
These are words in the English language which potentially come from Romani.
- chav – an anti-social youth
- cosh – a weapon, truncheon, baton
- cove – British-English colloquial term meaning a person or chap
- dick – detective
- gadjo or gadji – a non-Romani
- nark – a police informer
- pal – friend
- posh – fancy, upper-class
- Romanipen – the spirit of being Romani, "Romani-ness"
- shiv – an improvised knife or similar weapon
- wonga – Cockney slang for money