Dub
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Dub (plural Dubs)
- (Ireland, colloquial) A Dubliner.
- 1993, Mary P. Corcoran, Irish Illegals: Transients Between Two Societies, page 138:
- There is a distinction between Dubliners on the one hand and "rednecks" on the other. […] The Dubs historically went to Liverpool and Birmingham, so they don't have the connections.
- 1994, Patrick O'Dea, A Class of Our Own: Conversations About Class in Ireland, page 51:
- I did the Pat Kenny show one night and talked about coming from the bottom up, and I got numerous letters, saying to hear somebody with a Dub accent running the brewery was unbelievable.
- 2018, Sally Rooney, “Three Months Later (March 2014)”, in Normal People:
- Eric released her, grinning. You're a Dub anyway, he said.
Etymology 2
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Dub
- (after a qualification) Abbreviation of University of Dublin, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Oxford University Calendar Style Guide 2015, page 14.
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