Recurring alphabet thread

R

Really

As in: "He had a daft and persistent feeling that people were ganging up on him and trying to harm him. He really is one of the most paranoid rugby scrum halves I've ever met."

R

Rather

As in: "He kept telling his perceived 'enemies' in the Jakarta national office that they had malignant narcissistic personality disorder which seemed a rather delusional explanation for why those colleagues were unimpressed by his work."

S

Shenanigans

As in: "There was not a whiff of anything in his public-facing self that suggested any shenanigans, and yet - in private - he was a member of a swingers and wife-swappers group in Hemel Hempstead that was literally called Shenanigans."

S

Shillelagh {Stout stick with a large knob. Used by the Oirish during hand to hand combat with wayward Leprechauns}
'Sure we left the pub last night after only drinking 13 pints of Murphys. Finn and Declan had to drive home and me and Darragh had work in the morning. Next thing we were surrounded by all these wee fellas after our fegs. So Kieran handed out the shillelaghs and we gave them a good thumping.'

S

Sorry

As in: "I almost felt sorry ~ but not quite ~ for that group of Black & Tans who ran into a few local men wielding shillelaghs around the corner from their barracks."

@fmf said
S

Sorry

As in: "I almost felt sorry ~ but not quite ~ for that group of Black & Tans who ran into a few local men wielding shillelaghs around the corner from their barracks."

@the-gravedigger said
T

Tans {Half of Black. A para military force sent over by the beastly British to keep the even more beastly Oirish in check.}

T

Tipperary

As in: "A squad of Black & Tans was ambushed by Irish rebels during the War Of Independence, Tipperary, in 1920."

@fmf said
T

As in the T in PTSD

Many of the Black & Tans were likely suffering from severe PTSD after years spent on the Western Front 1914-1918.

Compare to: Peaky Blinders

@fmf said
T

Tipperary

As in: "A squad of Black & Tans was ambushed by Irish rebels during the War Of Independence, Tipperary, in 1920."

@the-gravedigger said
T

Tune {'Its a long way to Tipp.........'} Went there many years ago. The place was steeped in misery.