hun
n.— «Yes, there are cross-community projects and we all go to the clubs in the Odyssey. But you have to be careful. If you mix too much you get called a “hun lover.” [Hun is slang for Protestant].» —“Young people are raising their eyes” by W.F. Deedes, Victoria Combe in Belfast, Ire. Telegraph (U.K.) July 5, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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