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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Ireland, Geordie fun, especially through enjoyable company, a pleasant conversation.
Etymologies
- Reborrowed from English crack, in turn from Middle English crak ("loud conversation, bragging talk"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“This must be what they called 'craic' - a distinctively Irish word meaning fun times, good laughs and great company over a couple of drinks.”
“Signs appeared on lampposts throughout Bournemouth announcing daily Irish Social Nights and inviting people to come for the "craic" - a new term in Britain then, which caused some consternation.”
“Right across Ireland, where I’m from, craic is a malleable term that means, fun, excitement, good times, but also stories, news, the latest gossip, the general state of affairs.”
“Our non-Irish membership here tends to be attracted by the combination of a competitive sport and a great social scene, nicely summed up by the Irish expression craic”
“Christopher Conkey/The Wall Street Journal An impromptu "craic" performance inside the Duke of York pub, a common occurence in the watering holes of Northern Ireland.”
“You can take even the grooming-challenged to an Irish castle - at least Kilronan Castle - because Irish castles have that Irish je ne sais quoi - actually, it's called "craic" or fun.”
“Ireland's rugged coast boasts a wealth of world-class waves, from Waterford in the far south to Antrim in the far north, but it's the "craic" that makes this a must-visit surf destination.”
“Because talking, the 'craic' as they have it in Gaelic, is a compulsory subject if you're headed there.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘craic’.
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Belfast lingo
Thanks to this list, if you're ever around of group of people from Belfast, you can now understand what they're saying!
swall, score, flim, whips, zoink, hack, craic, hallion, snattered, waab, boke, eejit and 20 more...
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Irish English that's not in American ...
Well-known phrases in Irish English that aren't understood in American English.
or next offer, hoover, plaster, soother, chimnea, craic, bits and bobs, grinds, jumper, mum, chancer, ticks all the boxes and 60 more...
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Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
bumwank, calamity, recalcitrant, gayenese, jeeze, nonsense, flabbergasted, juxtapose, procrastinating, ossanity, biffing, loser and 1972 more... -
The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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greenfaith51's list
Fun!
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Awesome Words, Part 2: More Common
pilgrim, indubitably, incorrigible, bombastic, histrionics, depredation, perspicuity, discombobulate, peregrination, ambulatory, redux, fractious and 164 more...
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Favorite Five-Letter Words
Just what it sounds like. My favorites. Five letters.
ennui, barfy, samba, schwa, beefy, chunk, queef, spasm, skulk, bowel, elbow, fruit and 235 more...
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Ugly Words for Lovely Things
scratchiti, druthers, puce, craic, nerpa, swain, acme, sagacity, abnegate, abstemious, munificent, bangs and 9 more...
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Dictionary
dilettante, frostjack, perfunctory, impresario, paparazzi, pastiche, lollipop, Cymru, nub, bivouac, knapsack, hoodlum and 80 more...
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rduke's Words
misguggle, ken, sere, etiolated, gelid, digladiate, popinjay, bathykolpian, conglaciation, hyperborean, callipygian, vagile and 1253 more...
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Jim Takchess List
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wait wait don't tell me
Tweets
Looking for tweets for craic.
takchess http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/02/12/cormac-mccarthy-on-the-sante-fe-institute-s-brainy-halls.html
Craic found here (& in Newsweek) page 2 of Cormac McCarthy uses its .(how I tumbled across it.) Feb 18, 2012
bilby Well put Milo. I cringe when foreigners come to Australia and say G'day. Context, pronunciation and timing just don't come together for them, ever. Aug 16, 2008
milosrdenstvi Quite; it merely means, roughly, something going on...Wiki explains it better, link below. Aug 15, 2008
super-logos Is "craic" legal ? Aug 15, 2008
milosrdenstvi A spectacular word. Unfortunately, I can't use it in USA because nobody knows what it means, and I can't use it in Eire because I don't have the trick of using it right. So I content myself with using it to myself, now and again. Aug 15, 2008
sonofgroucho Irish word pronounced "crack". See reference here. Jul 30, 2007