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9 drawings showing the surprising origins of everyday slang

Read this before you kick the bucket.

LIMERICK ARTIST Hugh McMahon draws loving illustrations of our most idiosyncratic slang oddities. Having already taught the nation to speak Limerick in his book Limerick Slang: An Illustrated Guide, McMahon has now begun drawing the strange origins of everyday slang phrases. Here are some of the finest (and/or weirdest):

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Hugh McMahon is an artist and art therapist raised in Limerick City. His book Limerick Slang: An Illustrated Guide is now available in O’Mahony’s bookshop or for online orders. It contains many, many more examples like this and is highly enjoyable.

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