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# Words

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2022
# Influence
'Mack has really stepped up as a leader. The Six Nations was unbelievable for him'
Connacht hooker Dave Heffernan and co. enjoyed a crucial win in Italy ahead of their Leinster clashes.
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Apr 4th 2022, 7:38 PM
All time
# dictionary dilemmas
Quiz: How much do you know about the origins of words?
Latin, Greek… Shakespeare?
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Oct 3rd 2021, 10:00 PM
# Regret
'At a time Joe needed support, I felt I'd done the opposite. It was never my intention'
Rory Best has expressed his regret about comments he made in the wake of Ireland’s World Cup exit.
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Mar 4th 2020, 8:02 AM
# Gaeilge
From fidget spinner to spooning: Over 3,000 new Irish words are created every year
There are a few words that could have been used for Brexit: Breatimeacht, Sasamach, or Bréalú.
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Mar 19th 2018, 6:00 PM
# define
Supremacist, Nazi, racist: Do you know the difference?
We’ve cleared some of the confusion around terms used to (correctly and incorrectly) describe right-wing politics.
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Feb 5th 2017, 10:00 PM
# mic drop
Brexit beats Trumpism and throwing shade to be named 'word of the year'
According to Collins, anyway.
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Nov 3rd 2016, 3:37 PM
# Use Your Words
Yolo, moobs and Oompa Loompa among 1,200 words added into Oxford English Dictionary
Some 1,200 new words have been included in the latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.
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Sep 12th 2016, 8:17 AM
# stall it
11 words that have a totally different meaning if you grew up in Ireland
Dose.
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Sep 3rd 2016, 6:00 PM
# Sketch
17 words that have a completely different meaning if you grew up in Ireland
“The bang off that yoke”.
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Mar 8th 2016, 1:42 PM
# all the words
This portrait of Trump is made entirely out of the presidential candidate's offensive comments
The artist said, “What [Trump] says is ridiculous but who he is now is very dangerous, it’s quite scary.”
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Jan 30th 2016, 7:06 PM
# caught rabid
Oxford Dictionaries was forced to apologise for this 'sexist' dictionary definition
The dictionary’s definition of the word ‘rabid’ has courted controversy.
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Jan 24th 2016, 10:44 AM
# bleedin deadly
11 words that just sound better in a Dublin accent
Scarlet.
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Jan 17th 2016, 9:30 PM
# bae
9 words and phrases it's unacceptable for Irish people to say
In 2016, eliminate ‘on fleek’ from your vocabulary.
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Jan 10th 2016, 9:30 PM
# Bad Language
9 words you've never heard that perfectly describe your life
@Words is a new Twitter account you should probably be following.
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Jul 20th 2015, 4:00 PM
# put a spell on you
How Good Are You At Spelling The Words Most People Get Wrong?
These are the everyday ones that trip people up. Can you manage them?
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Jul 19th 2015, 9:30 PM
# bobbinragel
9 emotions and feelings we urgently need words for
Crying, but specifically on an airplane.
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Jun 28th 2015, 9:30 AM
# totes ridic
You can now use 'lolz' and 'obvs' in Scrabble
People are freaking out.
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May 21st 2015, 8:21 PM
# say it right
9 word pronunciations Irish people need the world to know about
Take note, world.
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May 14th 2015, 1:11 PM
# banished
Language group names 'swag', 'bae' and 'curated' as words to be banished in 2015
Sorry, bae.
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Jan 2nd 2015, 6:01 PM
# Down with the kids
Ever wanted to search for something using emojis? Now you can*
*Provided you use Bing, that is.
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Oct 28th 2014, 1:12 PM
Voices
Column: How social media is changing language
Pay attention to discussions in your social networks and you can spot emerging new words, new uses of words — and maybe even coin one yourself.
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Aug 4th 2014, 8:30 AM
# Say what?
7 everyday items you're definitely calling the wrong name
And you hadn’t the clue, the entire damn time.
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Jun 7th 2014, 9:30 AM
# very punny
This hashtag will provide your daily dose of groan-worthy puns
Just let yourself go. Embrace the punnage.
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Apr 7th 2014, 4:21 PM
# i put a spell on you
7 annoyingly tricky words and tips to help you spell them
Autocorrect has ruined us. But it’s not too late.
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Apr 6th 2014, 9:30 AM
Voices
Column: What does ‘I love you’ mean?
I am Spanish. My husband is American. The first time I realised emotion words may not mean the same thing in different languages was when he first told me “I love you”, writes Cristina Soriano.
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Mar 29th 2014, 7:00 PM
# Review
Here's what the French newspapers are saying after Ireland's win in Paris
We’ve scanned the pages of Midi Olympique, L’Équipe and Aujourd’hui en France to find out what they’re talking about.
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Mar 17th 2014, 12:00 PM
# le match
Here's what the French papers are saying about tomorrow's showdown in Paris
We’ve taken a look at what they’re writing in Midi Olympique, L’Équipe and Le Parisien.
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Mar 14th 2014, 11:28 AM
# Words
Here are 9 really weird sentences that are perfectly accurate
Trust us.
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Jan 11th 2014, 4:00 PM
# superfluity of nuns
13 of the English language's most delightful collective nouns
A wunch of bankers?
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Jan 8th 2014, 9:30 PM
# Annoying
8 things you're definitely sick of hearing by now
Deck the halls with – SHUT UP.
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Dec 28th 2013, 9:30 AM
# Awkward
‘He tickled Bertie’s belly’: Here’s what Colm Keaveney used to say about Fianna Fáil
“This rampant corruption of many of Fianna Fáil’s members and public representatives is part of the philosophy of tolerance that existed within that party,” Keaveney told the Dáil in June 2012.
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Dec 3rd 2013, 11:26 AM
8 words that have lost all meaning in modern life
Like, literally.
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Dec 1st 2013, 1:00 PM
# Famous words
My favourite speech: Taoiseach Enda Kenny
To coincide with the 50th anniversary of JFK’s death, Enda Kenny picks the former US president’s 1963 address to Leinster House as his favourite speech.
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Nov 22nd 2013, 9:29 AM
# Famous words
My favourite speech: Micheál Martin
To coincide with the 50th anniversary of JFK’s death, Micheál Martin picks the former US president’s 1962 address to students at Rice University in Texas.
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Nov 22nd 2013, 9:29 AM
# Fighting Talk
Quigley and Ward relaxed ahead of their World Championship semi finals
The pair spoke to Kenny Egan.
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Oct 25th 2013, 7:00 AM
Voices
Column: Strong language – can we ever 'reclaim' slurs and terms of abuse?
After Tottenham fans were cautioned over the use of their traditional ‘yid army’ chant, Christie Louise Tucker writes that we are constantly renegotiating the use of language in our ever-evolving society.
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Sep 21st 2013, 7:00 PM
# essentials
48 names for things you didn't know had names
Do you have a Googleganger?
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Sep 12th 2013, 8:54 AM
# rage
12 words that should be banned from all social networks
OK, a couple of them are actually phrases.
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Aug 28th 2013, 6:00 PM
# I have a dream
My favourite speech: Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness
Continuing our summer series on TheJournal.ie of public figures’ favourite speeches, Martin McGuinness picks perhaps the most famous speech of all time.
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Aug 28th 2013, 6:00 AM
Voices
Column: Sexism in Leinster House is alive and well
Two male politicians showed how sexism can come in many forms – post-modern with an ironic twist and just plain old-fashioned, writes Maura Adshead.
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Jul 24th 2013, 7:00 AM
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