themmun

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone on the other side of the Northern Irish sectarian divide (from the speaker's perspective). Northern-Ireland,colloquial,humorous,in-plural

词形变化

themmuns plural them'un alternative them-un alternative themun alternative them 'un alternative them un alternative themmin alternative them'in alternative them-in alternative themin alternative themmen alternative them'en alternative them-en alternative themen alternative

词源

Eye dialect of them ones (“those ones”, dialectal), as a reference to us versus them (“a state of opposition between two groups, mostly based on group membership”), in mock imitation of a stereotypical parochial sectarian. Singular themmun is a back-formation from themmuns (plural). Compare ussun.
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