http://www.wordnik.com/lists/slang-words-of-irish-origin-according-to-daniel-cassidy-author-of-how-the-irish-invented-slang.xml Compare the etymologies of these words as given in the OED with the Gaelic backgrounders in this book, How the Irish Invented Slang: The Secret Language of the Crossroads (Counterpunch, 2007). Await revelation. Then read Grant Barrett's blog. http://www.wordnik.com http://www.wordnik.com/words/joint Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:32:00 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/joint http://www.wordnik.com/words/kid Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:31:45 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/kid http://www.wordnik.com/words/kabosh Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:31:38 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/kabosh http://www.wordnik.com/words/knicknack Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:31:25 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/knicknack http://www.wordnik.com/words/lunch Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:31:06 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/lunch http://www.wordnik.com/words/lucre Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:30:56 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/lucre http://www.wordnik.com/words/mark Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:30:47 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/mark http://www.wordnik.com/words/moniker Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:30:22 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/moniker http://www.wordnik.com/words/razzamatazz Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:29:24 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/razzamatazz 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19:26:54 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sneak http://www.wordnik.com/words/swank Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:24:17 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/swank http://www.wordnik.com/words/sucker Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:24:14 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sucker http://www.wordnik.com/words/tantrum Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:24:04 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/tantrum http://www.wordnik.com/words/swoon Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:23:58 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/swoon http://www.wordnik.com/words/teem Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:23:52 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/teem http://www.wordnik.com/words/throng Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:23:48 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/throng http://www.wordnik.com/words/stud Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:23:39 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/stud http://www.wordnik.com/words/square Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:23:24 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/square http://www.wordnik.com/words/spunk Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:23:16 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/spunk 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2007 19:13:57 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/guzzle http://www.wordnik.com/words/heckler Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:13:51 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/heckler http://www.wordnik.com/words/helter skelter Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:13:44 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/helter skelter http://www.wordnik.com/words/hip Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:13:34 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/hip http://www.wordnik.com/words/hep Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:13:25 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/hep http://www.wordnik.com/words/hoax Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:13:20 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/hoax http://www.wordnik.com/words/hunch Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:12:51 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/hunch http://www.wordnik.com/words/humdinger Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:12:46 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/humdinger http://www.wordnik.com/words/jerk Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:12:22 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/jerk http://www.wordnik.com/words/juke Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:12:14 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/juke 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