GUBU adj. grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre, unprecedented; (hence) disreputable or scandalous. Also n. and attrib. Etymological Note: The acronym was coined in 1983, based on words spoken by Irish Prime Minister Charles Haughey in 1982, by...
gypsy v.— «Gypsy (v.)—To sneak about. ex. “Why don’t you gypsy upstairs and find out what’s going on.”» —“I have shown him that a man without hope…is a man without fear…” by blackirishbloke in Suisin City, Calif. Another story to tell the...
rowback n.— «The smoking ban, due to come into force in January, yesterday dominated nearly two hours of debate at the weekly Fianna Fail parliamentary party meeting. However, Mr Martin rejected all calls for a rowback and insisted that the...
lose the dressing room v.— «The Irishman’s placidness was also perceived as a handicap in a job which requires infectious animation and this was confirmed by a player who said Brady had “lost the dressing room and when that goes, everything goes...
blow-in n.— «Rudy Giuliani has been plugging away at the carpetbagger charge and plans his own fundraiser in Arkansas to highlight her New York “blow-in” status.» —“Hillary attracts media circus on her upstate ‘listening tour,’ leaving Bill down on...
fi n.— «After his plane’s wing clipped another’s, Doc Searls kept his sanity during the hours of interminable delay by digging into his kit bag for widgets that give him wireless connectivity. And best of all, he got some “free ‘Fi’” from a...