Phrase guide
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noun
A person of another ethnicity considered to be passing or posing as Irish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous, pejorative, sometimes
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noun
An Irish person considered to be inauthentically Irish, especially (UK) recent Irish arrivals to London.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, ethnic, slur
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Plastic Paddy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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History
From the sense of plastic as fake, ersatz, inauthentic, etc. and Paddy (“Patrick”) as a generic name for any Irish man.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
