IF YOU’RE LOOKING for a charming and informative Twitter account to follow for 2016,  you could do worse than @TheIrishFor.

Delving into the lunguistic wonderland that is the Irish language, curator Darach Ó Seaghda brings humour and a contemporary feel to our native tongue.

A taste…

1.

William Warby William Warby

… is the Irish for ’jellyfish’. It translates literally as ‘seal snot’.

2.

mariano gracia gaspar mariano gracia gaspar

… is a word without a direct English equivalent. It’s the Irish for the ‘froth from the mouth of a decaying corpse’.

3.

Randal Cooper Randal Cooper

… is the Irish for ’a fool’. Specifically, it means someone whose ‘head is empty like an old eggshell’.

4.

mamool mamool

… is the Irish adjective for a ‘a place with an abundance of seagulls’. And we know plenty of those.

5.

drpavloff drpavloff

… is the Irish for a ‘purring cat’. It may also mean ‘a person inclined to tell tall tales and instigate low-risk hoaxes’.

6.

megan studdenfadden megan studdenfadden

… is an old Irish name for Satan. Translates to something along the lines of ‘prince of death’. So now.

7.

kevin dooley kevin dooley

… is an Irish word without a direct English equivalent. It means ‘ruined by bad weather’.

8.

asim bharwani asim bharwani

… is the Irish for an old sock. Specifically an old sock with a hole where the sole should be.

More at the wonderful @TheIrishFor on Twitter.

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