English Explanatory Dictionary

ussun

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈʌsən/

Word forms

ussun ussuns us'un us-un usun us 'un us un ussin us'in us-in usin ussen us'en us-en usen

Etymology

Eye dialect of us ones (“we; us”, 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 ussun is a back-formation from ussuns (plural). Compare themmun.

Antonyms

themmun
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