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Mick is a masculine given name or nickname, usually a hypocorism of Michael. Because of its popularity in Ireland, it is often used in the English-speaking world as an ethnic slur for Irish people. In Australia, the meaning also broadened to include all Catholics.
List of ethnic slurs. List of ethnic slurs and epithets by ethnicity; List of common nouns derived from ethnic group names; List of religious slurs; A list of LGBT slang, including LGBT-related slurs; List of age-related terms with negative connotations; List of disability-related terms with negative connotations; Category:Sex- and gender ...
Irish: Sasanach, historically also having the colloquial meaning "Protestant"; the language is Béarla, short for Sacs-Bhéarla "Saxon language" Manx: Sostynagh, plural Sostynee; the English language is Baarle, from Irish 'Southrons' – the historical Scots language name for the English, largely displaced since the eighteenth century by ...
Some Irish-language names derive from English names, e.g. Éamonn from Edmund. Some Irish-language names have English equivalents, both deriving from a common source, e.g. Irish Máire (anglicised Maura), Máirín (Máire + - ín "a diminutive suffix"; anglicised Maureen) and English Mary all derive from French: Marie, which ultimately derives ...
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(Ireland) - used by Ethnic/Catholic Irish to mean the English settled there, presumably because they feel English domination in Ireland was established militarily, so the "invaders" are likened to the hordes of Attila. Use attested around WWI and the independence war; reportedly still goes on in the 6 counties of Northern Ireland.
In other countries, leaving without saying goodbye is known as a "French exit," "Polish exit," or "leaving the English way." Regardless of the term's birthplace, the Irish exit continues to raise ...
The slur, typically used when the opposing goalkeeper takes a goal kick, is hardly the only offensive chant heard in soccer stadiums worldwide, but its persistent use at international tournaments ...