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"We Have A Rich Reservoir Of Negative Terms - Bogtrotter" - National Dictionary Day

Today is ‘National Dictionary Day’ and to celebrate the weird and wonderful world of words An...

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12.59 16 Oct 2021


"We Have A Rich Reservoir Of Negative Terms - Bogtrotter" - National Dictionary Day


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12.59 16 Oct 2021


Today is ‘National Dictionary Day’ and to celebrate the weird and wonderful world of words Anton Savage was joined by Frank McNally the Chief Writer of ‘An Irishman's Diary’ with The Irish Times to look at the more colorful Irishisms in our language.

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