shoneen
Meanings
noun
- An Irish person considered excessively Anglophile, an Irish person who acts English or desires to be part of English society.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Irish Seoinín (“Johnny”), from Seán (“John, John Bull”) + -ín (diminutive suffix).
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