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  Today's music: The Seed ~ Freeze the Fall https://youtu.be/wVcleyqW_Gk #rock #HardRock #AltMetal #canada #music #np #NowPlaying #MastoMusic

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  Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day: Founder Figuratively speaking 'to founder' is to collapse with the cold; it means to be extremely cold, freezing, or chilled to the bone usually after being out in bad weather. 'Founder' comes from Middle English 'foundren' (“to stumble, strike down”), from Middle French 'fondrer' (“send to the bottom”), ultimately from Latin 'fundus' (“bottom”). #ireland #slang #language

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  “Wherever morality is based on theology, wherever right is made dependent on divine authority, the most immoral, unjust, infamous things can be justified and established.” ― Ludwig Feuerbach #quotes

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  Today's music: 『Silent Jealousy』 Heavy Metal Princess Academy https://youtu.be/XwRYarl4Ji4 #metal #HeavyMetal #japan #music #np #NowPlaying #MastoMusic

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  Today's music: Deloraine - LADA https://youtu.be/boqfdBXMwQs #folk #medieval #PaganFolk #Czechia #music #np #NowPlaying #MastoMusic

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  Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day: From In Hiberno-English the conjunction 'from' can mean: 'from the time when', 'since', or 'after'. The 'from' at the head of such Hiberno-English subordinate clauses of time as "from I was a child I liked reading" is directly based on the Irish conjunction 'Ó', from (the time when), since: "Ó tháinig mé anseo", from (the t...

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  Faber has confirmed it will stop supplying Sally Rooney's books in the UK, saying it cannot pay the Irish author royalties because of her pledge to support the banned group Palestine Action. https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2026/1014/1595383-sally-rooneys-books-to-be-withdrawn-from-sale-in-the-uk/ #uk #books #palestine

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  Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day: Equal When used in the phrase 'I'm equal' it means 'I don't care' (coming from the Irish 'is cuma liom': 'I don't care', 'I don't mind', literally 'it is equal to me'). E.g. "It's equal to me where ye go." Griffin, "The Collegians": "It's equal to me any day, winter or summer, whether I go ten miles or twenty." Boucicault, "Shaugraun": "C...

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  The politicians have become like Nipper, the loyal Jack Russell dog, listening intently to the automatic, unending and completely synthetic version of His Master's Voice. https://www.thegist.ie/the-gist-what-if/ #SocialMedia #politics #ireland

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  Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day: Éirí in airde This phrase has to meanings: 1. Exuberant behaviour, elation, high spirits, enthusiasm. 2. Putting on airs; acting above one's station in life. E.g. "Appeal to his éirí in airde and the meas (regard/esteem) he always had in himself!" #ireland #slang #language

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  This group is made up of narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy. While all three are distinct, these dark traits share features such as egotism and a willingness to lie and cheat to achieve a goal. https://theconversation.com/members-of-right-leaning-parties-prefer-leaders-with-dark-triad-personality-traits-292011 #FarRight #politics #uk #personality #DarkTriad

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  “I see now that the path I choose through the maze makes me what I am. I am not only a thing, but also a way of being—one of many ways—and knowing the paths I have followed and the ones left to take will help me understand what I am becoming.” ― Daniel Keyes #quotes

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  Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day: Dander 'Dander' is a general Irish term for a short stroll: "It's a grand evening for a wee dander." In Cork it's meaning was closer to 'a sudden notion to take a walk'. And around Donegal it could have the meaning 'to saunter': "There she was, dandering down the road". The word is also a more general English-language colloquialism for 'anger', as in: "He really got his dander up." #...

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  “If he controls your ideas he will soon control your actions, because every action is preceded by an idea.” ― Silvano Arieti #quotes

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  Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day: Clip o' the reel (also: kip of the reel) This idiom describes an activity that would occasion disturbance and craic. "The same old clip o' the reel when the girls came home from the dance." The phrase comes directly from traditional Irish music and dance culture. A "reel" is a fast-paced, high-energy traditional dance in 4/4 time. Thus calling something a "clip o' the reel" means it has that same energetic and...

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  Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day: Clash of the Ash This is a phrase used to signify, romantically, the game of hurling: hurleys are traditionally made from the wood of the ash tree. The tree is supposed to be 30 years old, and the wood taken from where the roots spread, so that the grain of the wood will not go with the length of the stick, making it liable to split. #ireland #slang #language

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  Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day: Circling Shannon This is a euphemism for being unwell, extremely drunk, and incapable of action, arising from an incident at Shannon Airport in 1994 when the Russian President Boris Yeltsin was unable to leave the plane, while the Irish Taoiseach Albert Reynolds waited. #ireland #slang #language

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  Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day: Carnaptious (Also: "curnoptious") "Carnaptious" is an adjective meaning "irritable", "cranky," "bad-tempered". Its origins are unclear but the Oxford English Dictionary suggest that it could be a form of English ‘captious’ which has a similar meaning and gives its roots as Scottish and Irish dialect. OED also has the earliest attestation from the Ulster Journal of Archaeology of 1858: “A nivver seen wan...

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  Today's music: SERRA 『灯火』 https://youtu.be/DdmeTPenwx8 #rock #HardRock #japan #music #np #NowPlaying #MastoMusic

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  Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day: Caorán (Also: cadhrán, caofrán, caofróg) "Caorán" are small pieces of turf used to kindle a fire (mostly used in Co. Galway). In Kerry it usually refers to a broken sod of turf or a bit of turf, lighted and sent around the neighbourhood as a signal. Example of use: "Don't bring in all the big sods - throw the caoráns in too". #ireland #slang #language

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  Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day: Cailleach (Also: "calleach", "callioch", "calyagh".) "Cailleach" is a word for an "old woman", "hag" (but it's distinct from "seanbhean"); the term is reserved for a very old woman or witch-like creature. Cailleach ('old woman' or 'hag' in modern Irish) comes from the Old Irish "caillech" (veiled one or nun), an adjectival form of "caille" (vei...

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  Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day: Cailín (Also: "colleen") "Cailín" in it's variant spelling is probably one of the most familiar Hiberno-English words, it means, "girl" or "maiden". #ireland #slang #language

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  Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day: Cadráil ("Cadráil" is the Irish for "chatter" or "gossip"; a "cadrálaí" is a "chatterbox".) Generally in Ireland "cadráil" means any type of empty chatter. In Cork it means "long-winded talk" and "cadrálaí" is one given to foolish prattling. Whilst in Kerry "cadaráiling" is used to describe idle gossiping, eg "stop your cadaráiling and come over here". #...

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  Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day: Cabús (Also: "caboose") In Ireland a "cabús" is a nook on each side of an open fire in which tea, tobacco, etc. was left to keep dry. "Put it in the cabús in the corner." (Not to be confused with caboose's use in the USA [a railway wagon with accommodation for the train crew, typically attached to the end of the train] or the UK [a person's buttocks].) #ireland #slang #language

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  Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day: Bru (Also "The Buroo"; "The Brew".) "Bru" means "unemployment benefit", "the dole" (from a mispronunciation of "bureau", as in "welfare bureau"). "He's on the bru again"; "She's been on the bru for the last five years". In Belfast the word is given the same pronunciation as "Bórú" in the name Brian Bórú, and a Belfast person would thus say that h...

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  Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day: Brothallach (also "brothall") Considering the current heatwave I thought this word appropriate! "Brothallach" means "hot (clammy) weather"; "very warm"; "sultry". As in, "it's fierce brothallach today - I think I'll go down to the Strand for a swim." #ireland #slang #language

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  Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day: Bowsie (also bousey, bousy, bowsey, bowsy, bouzzie) A "bowsie" is a disreputable drunkard, a lout, a quarrelsome drunkard. Example: "Let's not go into that pub - it's full of bowsies." And the verb "bousen" means to drink to excess, "bowsying around". Nowadays the word "bowsie" includes all forms of repellent behaviour, not just drunkenness. #ireland #slang #language

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  “The mind that is open for questions is open for dissent. In the totalitarian regime the doubting, inquisitive, and imaginative mind has to be suppressed. The totalitarian slave is only allowed to memorize, to salivate when the bell rings.” ― Joost A.M. Meerloo #quotes

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  Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day: Blessings (This one is more of a general topic.) It was said that there was always a blessing on the lips of an Irish person ("Bíonn beannacht I gcónaí I mbéal an Ghaeil"), something certainly true of an Irish person speaking Irish. #ireland #slang #language

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  Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day: Bladair (Also: bladder, bladder, bladar.) To engage in "bladair" means to engage in cajolery or flattery, blustery talk, a gush of meaningless talk. So "he's all bladair", means "he's all senseless talk". In some parts of Kerry the phrase "Bladar McHugh means "big mouth" - meaningless prattle. #ireland #slang #language