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Paddyisms

Paddyisms is the plural of Paddyism.

Meaning of Paddyism

Noun

Paddyism (countable and uncountable, plural Paddyisms)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, uncountable) The quality of being stereotypically Irish.
    • Faith and begorrah it’s that time of year again. Time, that is, for the kind of “virulent eruptions of Paddyism” that, in the words of Ireland’s greatest newspaper columnist, is another form of “the claptrap that has made fortunes for cute professional Irishmen in America.” Yes it’s St Patrick’s...2010 March 17, Alex Massie, “The Blarney Festival Arrives Again”, in The Spectator
  2. (colloquial, countable) A Hibernianism.
    • Leaving aside the Paddyisms we put upon ourselves in order to sell aran jumpers and claddagh rings to Yanks, how do we define ourselves in this country? What makes a person Irish? What qualifies as “Irishness”?2012 March 24, Alan Keane, “Irishness? What the feck is that?”, in Keane Observer (blog), archived from the original on 01 Feb 2024

Questions about Paddyisms

What is Paddyisms the plural of?
Paddyisms is the plural of Paddyism.

Words near Paddyisms in the dictionary

  1. paddyfield warbler
  2. paddyfield warblers
  3. paddyfields
  4. paddyfields crab
  5. Paddyism
  6. Paddyisms
  7. paddyland
  8. paddylands
  9. paddymelon
  10. paddymelons
  11. Paddys

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