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Politics aside: 9-11-01; Let us never forget
"Bill Cole" wrote in message news:cgJ8b.435707$Ho3.70666@sccrnsc03... mick ( P ) Pronunciation Key (mk) n. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of Irish birth or descent. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Probably from the name Mick, nickname for Michael.] Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. [Buy it] mick n : ethnic slur; a person of Irish descent [syn: Paddy, Mick, Mickey] Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University mick MICK: in Acronym Finder Source: Acronym Finder, © 1988-2003 Mountain Data Systems "Harry Krause" wrote in message ... Don White wrote: First 'Irish' and now a 'Mick'? Tell me you aren't one of those 'Fenian' characters :-) noah wrote in message ... ..btw..don't call me a "gringo" if you expect a serious reply. I'm a "mick", get that? A "MICK"!! Have a nice evening, noah Properly, a "mick" is a Roman Catholic. It is a derogatory term Protestants used to describe those who belonged to the mother church, and not necessarily Irish Roman Catholics. -- * * * email sent to will *never* get to me. Probably more from the Mc????? of our names. The Scots were Mac, and a big % of the Irish were / are Mc?????. Bill |
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