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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An idiom or a mode of speech peculiar to the Irish; especially, an Irish bull.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An idiom or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish.
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chained_bear commented on the word hibernicism
"'...But the fact is that he has lost one golden opportunity which may never come again. All the conditions favored at Columbus, and the horse was on the verge of the supreme accomplishment—and McHenry took him back! To use a hibernicism, if he had to do it over again I don't believe he would do it—at least I hope not.'"
—Charles Leerhsen, Crazy Good: The True Story of Dan Patch (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008), 206
October 28, 2008
reesetee commented on the word hibernicism
C_b, I think your brackets are borked.
October 28, 2008
sionnach commented on the word hibernicism
This (the bracket-borking) is similar to the phenomenon bilby encountered under 'Chagassian' - partial highlighting of the word in question, with deletion of one letter.
October 29, 2008
yarb commented on the word hibernicism
I blame the credit crunch. These are the End Times.
October 29, 2008
reesetee commented on the word hibernicism
Yes, I was coming here to edit my comment, since many bracketed phrases seem borked today.
October 29, 2008