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Head- it is used mainly in Dublin as a form of address. "Hey, head, watch where you're going!"
Jacks – refers to lavatory. Cf. American English "john". "Here lads, I'm off to the jacks. Mind me drink will ya."
Janey Mac! is an exclamation of amazement or frustration in Dublin. It comes from an old children's rhyme: "Janey Mac, me shirt is black, what'll I do for Sunday? /Go to bed, cover your head and don't get up till Monday!"
Malarky - nonsense, usually used in a stern tone of voice by those in the teaching profession. "That's enough of that malarky."
GOOD BYE came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you".
SO LONG came from the Arabic salaam and the Hebrew shalom.
Before Jets, JET LAG was called BOAT LAG
The word TRIVIA comes from the Latin "trivium" which is the place where three roads meet, a public square. People would gather and talk about all sorts of matters, most of which were trivial
The Academy Award statue is named after a librarian's uncle. One day Margaret Herrick, librarian for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, made a remark that the statue looked like her Uncle Oscar, and the name stuck.
There are only four words in the English language which end in '-dous': tremendous (olbrzymi), horrendous (horendalny, potworny), stupendous (wspaniały, znakomity), and hazardous (niebzpieczny)