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tory – Originally an Irish outlaw, probably from the word tóraí meaning "pursuer". trousers – From Irish triús. turlough – A seasonal lake in limestone area (OED). Irish turloch "dry lake". uilleann pipes – Irish bellows-blown bagpipes. uilleann is Irish for "elbow". usker – From Irish uscar, a jewel sewn into an item of clothing.
Pages in category "Irish slang" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Culchie; F. Feck; G.
clabber, clauber (from clábar) wet clay or mud; curdled milk. clock O.Ir. clocc meaning "bell"; into Old High German as glocka, klocka [15] (whence Modern German Glocke) and back into English via Flemish; [16] cf also Welsh cloch but the giving language is Old Irish via the hand-bells used by early Irish missionaries.
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The most popular and widespread modern use of the term is as a slang expletive in Irish English, employed as a less serious alternative to the expletive "fuck" to express disbelief, surprise, pain, anger, or contempt. It notably lacks the sexual connotations that "fuck" has. [1]
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Please keep this category purged of everything that is not actually an article about a word or phrase. See as example Category:English words . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Irish-language words and phrases .
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