English Explanatory Dictionary

themmun

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone on the other side of the Northern Irish sectarian divide (from the speaker's perspective).

Pronunciation

/ˈðɛmən/

Word forms

themmun themmuns them'un them-un themun them 'un them un themmin them'in them-in themin themmen them'en them-en themen

Etymology

Eye dialect of them ones (“those ones”, dialectal), as a reference to us versus them (“a state of opposition between two groups, mostly based on group membership”), in mock imitation of a stereotypical parochial sectarian. Singular themmun is a back-formation from themmuns (plural). Compare ussun.

Antonyms

ussun
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