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- "It took a while for Derry Girls to establish itself as that rare thing, a modern comedy classic, but now it feels like it has always been there. There's a strong sense that though it will be missed, it hasn't outstayed its welcome. Instead, it has been absolutely cracker."
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Jan 11, 2018 · Class: Brilliant. Craic: Fun, but also news e.g. “Tell us your craic?” From the English ‘crack’ meaning a good time. The English word entered Irish English from Scots in the mid 20th century, and...
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Derry Girls: 63 words and phrases you'll need this glossary...
- Slang
- Catch Yourself on
- Raging
- Ride
- Sauntering
- You Must Think I Came Up The Foyle in A Bubble
- So It Is/So I Am
- Wains
- Cack Attack
- Cracker
- Give My Head Peace
‘Catch yourself on’ is normally used to tellsomeone to stop being ridiculous. Derry Girlsexample: When Erin asks her mum to dip into her trustfund to pay for the school trip, Ma Mary replies, ‘Catch yourself on!’
When someone says they’re ‘raging’, it meansthey are annoyed or upset about something. Derry Girlsexample: On the night before their history exam, thegirls and James are all over at Erin’s house revising. Michelle opens thecurtains to reveal it’s the morning, to which Claire panics and exclaims, ‘We’restill on William of Orange, we haven’t so much ...
The word ‘ride’ is most often used by Michellethroughout the series and can be used as a noun or a verb. The noun ‘ride’ isused to refer to someone you think is good-looking, while the verb is used totalk about having sex. Derry Girlsexamples: Noun: When Michelle makes a provocative remarkabout the soldier who is doing a check on their school bus, ...
‘Sauntering’ is normally used to mean walkingabout without really going anywhere. Derry Girlsexample: When a polar bear escapes from the zoo, Erin and Orla are trying to convince their parents to let them go to a Take That concert. Gerry says, ‘Sure the concert’s nowhere near the zoo.’ And Joe replies, ‘But he’s not in the zoo anymore, is he, simpl...
This is a popular phrase in Northern Irelandused when someone is saying, ‘You must think I know nothing’. Derry Girlsexample: When the girls set Fionnuala’s house on fire,Erin tells her mum that Michelle tripped while carrying a scented candle, towhich Ma Mary replies, ‘If you expect me to believe Michelle tripped whilecarrying a scented candle, yo...
‘So I am’ or ‘So it is’ are Derry Girls phrases used at the end of a sentence to emphasize what someone has said. Derry Girlsexample: Ma Mary gets confused when Erin mentionsMcCauley Culkin and thinks she met him at a cross-community summer scheme. Shesays, ‘I am all for integration, so I am’.
‘Wains’ is used to refer to children. Derry Girlsexample: When Erin tells Ma Mary that McCauley Culkin isdivorcing his parents, Ma Mary turns to Gerry and says, ‘This is only gonnagive our wains ideas’.
‘Cack attack’ is used to say you are feelingextremely nervous. Derry Girlsexample: Claire tells Erin she is nervous to come out,to which Erin replies, ‘Everything makes you nervous, Claire. You’re a walkingcack attack’.
No, we aren’t talking about the biscuit youhave with cheese. In Northern Ireland, when you say something is ‘cracker’, youmean it is really good. Derry Girlsexample: Ma Mary is complaining about how loud theOrange Order bands are playing outside their house, and Orla says, ‘Well,practice makes perfect, Aunt Mary. You know that’s why they are so cra...
Topping our list of Derry Girlsphrasesis the saying ‘give my head peace’, a common saying in Northern Ireland,meaning ‘leave me alone’. Derry Girlsexample: Erin catches her mum on the phone in the hall,and Ma Mary says, ‘It was nobody.’ Erin replies, ‘You could at least wait tillI’d asked’, and Ma Mary says, ‘Give my head peace Erin, get back insid...
Jan 25, 2018 · Despite the dark backdrop of armed police and bombings hanging over the Northern Irish city, ‘Derry Girls’ is warm, honest, nostalgic and properly laugh-out-loud funny. We already want to be in...
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Oct 8, 2022 · The show stayed in its lane and, though it’s easy to long for more Michelle vulgarity or Grandpa Joe outbursts, and gave fans a “cracker” ending. Derry Girls season 3 is now streaming on ...
May 19, 2022 · The finale of Derry Girls has been hailed as "a triumph" by critics. The Channel 4 sitcom, about five high school students in the 1990s who must navigate their teenage years against the...
May 18, 2022 · Goodbye Derry Girls - it’s been absolutely cracker. All three series of Derry Girls are available to stream on All4 now. Major spoilers ahead for the final episode of Derry Girls.
Oct 14, 2022 · At its best Derry Girls relishes in the teen angst, antics, selfishness, and day-to-day activities that make high school comedies delightfully cringey. McGee brilliantly balances frenetic teen A-plots with the just as gossip-filled (but calmer) adult Bs.
