Phrases you've picked up from pop culture

[Benevolent Despot]

Fair dinkum. Ya flammin mongral.

 

[CORKBHOY]

Would have guessed Kibosh was Yiddish.

 

[strict66]

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.

Sounds more Yiddish than anything else. I read some where recently that the African American slang word 'Dig' is meant to be derived from the Irish to understand (I'm not even going to attempt to try and spell it as I speak fuck all Irish)

I seriously, seriously doubt that. Another one that cracks me up is often trotted out line that Drogheda have a crescent moon and star of Islam on their coat of arms because some Ottoman Sultan sent over grub during the famine. Utter tosh , for a start it isn't even a Islamic crescent and star on their coat of arms. + I very much doubt some Turkish lad in the 1800's gave a fuck about what was going on Ireland , not to mind even heard of the place.

 

[CORKBHOY]

Sounds more Yiddish than anything else. I read some where recently that the African American slang word 'Dig' is meant to be derived from the Irish to understand (I'm not even going to attempt to try and spell it as I speak fuck all Irish)

I seriously, seriously doubt that. Another one that cracks me up is often trotted out line that Drogheda have a crescent moon and star of Islam on their coat of arms because some Ottoman Sultan sent over grub during the famine. Utter tosh , for a start it isn't even a Islamic crescent and star on their coat of arms. + I very much doubt some Turkish lad in the 1800's gave a fuck about what was going on Ireland , not to mind even heard of the place.

Where did "tosh" come from?

Probably old Irish.

 

[Sillyrabbit]

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

It's probably the least valid tbf.

It's definitely not a fact as some posters were claiming.

 

[The High King]

The earliest citation is in Dickens. Looks Yiddish, but its original appearance in a piece set in the heavily Irish "Seven Dials" neighborhood in the West End of London seems to argue against this.

 

[strict66]

Where did "tosh" come from?

Probably old Irish.

Actually I'd say India myself. A lot of anglophonic slang comes colonial era India. Custy , lovely jubilee, golly gosh and indeed our dear ole langer all find their origins in hindi or urdi words by all accounts.

 

[Sillyrabbit]

Would have guessed Kibosh was Yiddish.

Most likely.

It really annoys me that people don't know this.

 

[Afro_Samurai]

The earliest citation is in Dickens. Looks Yiddish, but its original appearance in a piece set in the heavily Irish "Seven Dials" neighborhood in the West End of London seems to argue against this.

You're just copying and pasting these posts.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=kibosh

 

[Sillyrabbit]

The earliest citation is in Dickens. Looks Yiddish, but its original appearance in a piece set in the heavily Irish "Seven Dials" neighborhood in the West End of London seems to argue against this.

Wrong.

Just have a read off this, it'll save us both a bit of time:

http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/kibosh.htm