Christopher Byrd is a Brooklyn-based
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Comment on: 26'er or Twenty-sixer: The real term to describe what the Amercians call a "fifth" - a 26 oz. bottle of alcohol (a fifth of an American Gallon. Up hear it is just two mickeys in one bottle (see mickey, or flask) Details
In America they like to say "You crack
me up" and I
grin mad because their language has a
strong Irish
influence and just don't realize it. Comment by: Sunny Rated:5/5
Comment on: Craic: Gaelic for Fun. Also used as a greeting. "What's the craic?" Pronounced like "crack" Details
Usually used if said yoke is banjaxed
permanently. Comment by: Sunny Rated:4/5
Comment on: Banjax: broken, ruined or destroyed. A mess or undesirable situation made as a result of incompetence. Details
English spell it Bollocks.
Irish spell it Bollix. Comment by: Sunny Rated:4/5
Comment on: Ask me bollix: An answer to a request you have no intention of doing, so the requester might as well be talking to your balls. Details
