Slur of the Day: What do the Irish call their Honkeys?
- Orange bastard
- (Scotland, (Northern) Ireland) used by Catholic Irish or Scottish Republicans for a presumed Protestant in Ireland or Great Britain, who is perceived to be a Unionist, i.e. supporting union of Northern Ireland with the United Kingdom. “Orange” refers to the Orange order, an order in Northern Ireland, playing a major role on the Unionist Protestant side in the Northern Ireland Conflict (see Orangemen’s Day), typically a supporter of the Glasgow football club Rangers FC (see Old Firm, Sectarianism in Glasgow). [2] [3]
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Posted 02 Oct 2014 by theaveeditor
in Misc.