Definitions for irish bull
irish bull

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1. bullshit, bull, Irish bull, horseshit, shit, crap, dogshitnoun

   obscene words for unacceptable behavior

   "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull"

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1. Irish bull

   An Irish bull is a ludicrous, incongruent or logically absurd statement, generally unrecognized as such by its author. The inclusion of the epithet Irish is a late addition.The "Irish bull" is to the sense of a statement what the dangling participle is to the syntax, or, in other words, a jarring or amusing absurdity is created by hastiness or lack of attention to speech or writing.Although, strictly speaking, Irish bulls are so structured semantically as to be logically meaningless, their actual effect upon listeners is usually to give vivid illustrations to obvious truths. Hence, as John Pentland Mahaffy, Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, famously observed, "an Irish bull is always pregnant", i.e. with truthful meaning. The "father" of the Irish bull is often said to be Sir Boyle Roche, who once asked "Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity, for what has posterity ever done for us?". Roche may have been Sheridan's model for Mrs Malaprop.Yogi Berra and Samuel Goldwyn were famous American mis-speakers.The Irish bull can be a potent form of self-conscious equivocation and satire. As such, it is associated particularly with new or marginalized populations, such as the Irish in Britain in the nineteenth century, or the Jews and Germans in America in the early twentieth century.

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1. irish bull

   An Irish bull is a phrase or statement that appears to be logically contradicting or absurd, often because of a pun or unexpected twist in phrasing. Despite its seeming incoherence, an Irish bull often carries an intended or amusing meaning. The term originated from the stereotype of Irish people as being prone to such humorous mistakes in speech, though it is not limited to Irish individuals or culture.

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1. Irish bull

   An Irish bull is a ludicrous, incongruent or logically absurd statement, generally unrecognized as such by its author. The addition of the epithet Irish is a late addition. The "Irish bull" is to the sense of a statement what the dangling participle is to the syntax. A jarring or amusing absurdity is created by hastiness or lack of attention to speech or writing. Although, strictly speaking, Irish bulls are so structured grammatically as to be logically meaningless, their actual effect upon listeners is usually to give vivid illustrations to obvious truths. Hence, as John Pentland Mahaffy, Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, famously observed, "an Irish bull is always pregnant", i.e. with truthful meaning. The "father" of the Irish bull is often said to be Sir Boyle Roche, who once asked "Why we should put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity, for what has posterity ever done for us?". Roche may have been Sheridan's model for Mrs Malaprop. Samuel Goldwyn was a famous American mis-speaker, as was Yogi Berra. The Irish bull can be a potent form of self-conscious equivocation and satire in the hands of a wit's sharp tongue. As such, it is associated particularly with new or marginalized populations, such as the Irish in Britain in the nineteenth century, or the Jews and Germans in America in the Early Twentieth Century.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of irish bull in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of irish bull in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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