Bicycle Irish
Bicycle Irish is the alternative letter-case form of bicycle Irish.
Noun capitalized: bicycle Irish
bicycle Irish pl (plural only)
- Contemptible or unpleasant individuals of Irish heritage.
- Emma fell for it and we really laughed when I told her Bicycle Irish were the kind that made your ass tired.1965, Benjamin Bluitt, “Gift, A Short Story”, in Negro Digest, volume 14, number 7, page 54
- The Bicycle Irish give you a sore ass. And they're mean. Nobody meaner. Or smaller. Watch for them.1981, Eugene C. Kennedy, Father's Day, A Novel, page 98
Forms of Bicycle Irish
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Origin of Bicycle Irish
From bicycle + Irish. So named because the seat of a bicycle often causes a pain in the rear, i.e. a pain in the ass.
Questions about Bicycle Irish
- What does Bicycle Irish mean?
- Bicycle Irish means contemptible or unpleasant individuals of Irish heritage.
- What is Bicycle Irish the alternative letter-case form of?
- Bicycle Irish is the alternative letter-case form of bicycle Irish.
- What part of speech is Bicycle Irish?
- Bicycle Irish is a noun.
Words near Bicycle Irish in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Bicycle Irish (page history and authors); bicycle Irish (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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