Phrases you've picked up from pop culture

[Sillyrabbit]

Kibosh is almost definitely not Irish.

Was it macuilse who was also trying to claim Anne Boleyn was Irish?

Pretty much everything he/she posts is arse backwards.

 

[The High King]

Another interesting conjecture that has been advocated several times, notably by the Irish poet, Padraic Colum, is that kibosh is Gaelic, from the phrase variously cited as cie báis, caidhp (an) bháis or caidhpín (an) bháis, cap of death, where báis is pronounced “bawsh” and cie is said with a hard initial consonant. The cap is said to have been the one worn by judges when pronouncing sentence of death.

 

[CORKBHOY]

Cowabunga dude.

Can you give me a no honk guarantee?

 

[Gatch]

I've being using a few Alf Stewart-isms lately in RL.

Just for kicks.

 

[Afro_Samurai]

I've being using a few Alf Stewart-isms lately in RL.

Just for kicks.

Flamin' crows!

 

[Gatch]

Flamin' crows!

There was an Australian shareholder in the office the other day and he laughed when I said Struth.

 

[The High King]

I've being using a few Alf Stewart-isms lately in RL.

Just for kicks.

He's as crooked as a dog's hind leg.

 

[Sillyrabbit]

Another interesting conjecture that has been advocated several times, notably by the Irish poet, Padraic Colum, is that kibosh is Gaelic, from the phrase variously cited as cie báis, caidhp (an) bháis or caidhpín (an) bháis, cap of death, where báis is pronounced “bawsh” and cie is said with a hard initial consonant. The cap is said to have been the one worn by judges when pronouncing sentence of death.

A load of guff.

This is a bit like the oft cited "Murphy means sea dog" nonsense.

 

[The High King]

You flaming gahloo.

 

[The High King]

A load of guff.

This is a bit like the oft cited "Murphy means sea dog" nonsense.

No one knows.
It's as valid as any other conjecture about the origins of the word.