themmun

发音

/ˈðɛmən/

词形变化

themmuns 复数 themmuns

别名

themen themin them 'un them un themun them'un them-un themmin them'in them-in themmen them'en them-en

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Someone on the other side of the Northern Irish sectarian divide (from the speaker's perspective).

    非正式 幽默

词源

Eye dialect of them ones (“those ones”, dialectal), as a reference to us versus them (“a state of opposition between two groups, mostly based on group membership”), in mock imitation of a stereotypical parochial sectarian. Singular themmun is a back-formation from themmuns (plural). Compare ussun.

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