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Complete Definition of "Plastic Paddy"

see|Paddy

English

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Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ædi|-ædi

Noun
Plastic Paddy
#A pejorative, used to describe someone who knows little of actual Irish culture, but aggressively asserts their 'Irish' identity. Occasionally used to describe foreign nationals who harbour a nostalgic claim of 'Irishness' due to some distant relationship in their ancestral tree. Often used in the same sense as poseur and wannabe.

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