1900 Irish Indep. (Dublin) 26 Oct. 4/1: Read the Side-Splitting Adventures of Darby Durken, P.L.G.at side-splitting, adj.
1952 Irish Indep. (Dublin) 18 Sept. 5/5: Life - and Love - on the Dole. He interviewed the ‘New Zealand man’ at the ‘Buroo,’ but found it was ‘no go.’ He is in an unwanted category.at buroo, n.
1986 Irish Indep. (Dublin) 11 June 20/3: His fans are very loyal — they also write letters when I give him stick.at give someone (some) stick (v.) under stick, n.
1989 Irish. Indep. 7 Jan. 19/4: Hopefully it would speed up the long overdue death of the stuffy-nosed , upper-class, city image which has been associated with rugby.at stuffy, adj.1
1994 Irish Indep. (Dublin) 10 Jan. 9/4: He [i.e. Gerry Anderson] overcame the problem of how to describe the city to keep both sides of the community happy — it became Derry/Londonderry and later just ‘Stroke City’.at Stroke City, n.
1998 Irish. Indep. 30 June 24/5: Australians have a term for begrudgers who cut down to size anyone who’s seen as standing too tall: ‘Tall Poppy Syndrome’.at tall poppy (n.) under tall, adj.
2005 Irish Indep. (Dublin) 22 June 15/1: [headline] What a little squirt (or why do we all hate Tom Cruise?).at squirt, n.
2006 Irish Indep. (Dublin) 2 Oct. 6/6: [headline] Town chiefs kick up a stink over ‘sickening’ sewage stench.at kick up a stink (v.) under stink, n.
2007 Irish Indep. (Dublin) 16 May 8/7: Stardust victims believe they are being stonewalled by the Government in their attempt to get a new public inquiry.at stonewall, v.
2009 Irish Indep. (Dublin) 17 Feb. 14/5: That kind of thick as pigshit.at ...pigshit under thick as..., adj.