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Ulysses vocabulary
8 English vocabulary words more prevalent in Ireland
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feck
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tags: [ireland]
► definition
Definition:1. to steal2. to leave quickly, to clear out; absquatulate3. fuck (euphemistically), as in "feck it"
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Uses:
they had fecked cash out of the rector's room.
James Joyce. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
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Fecking matches from counters to save.
James Joyce. Ulysses
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Polly: Well, no, I was thinking...
Ted: cocaine parties, drug busts, Las Vegas...
Polly: Father, what I was going to say was: I know I've made the right choice.
Ted: I know you have, Polly, I'm with you all the way.
Polly: I'm going to become a nun.
Ted: Oh feck! feck... feckin' marvellous news...
BBC. Father Ted: And God Created Woman (1995)
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"My family were Irish," she says, "and the use of the word 'feck' was normal but, of course, as a child, I thought it was a swear word. My first day at Holycross I heard the nuns saying feckin' this and feckin' that and I thought, 'Oh my God, they're all swearing'
Erwin James. Sydney Morning Herald: “One dangerous lady” (January 6, 2011)
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