User talk:Dornálaíocht

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 * Gheo!! 'sup? :) - A l is o n  ❤ 22:20, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Smashing
I've reverted your addition of "Smashing" to List of English words of Irish origin. Unless you can find a reliable reference that details it, it belongs in the ranks of etymythology. Note that the OED: Dictionaries, even the OED, have got things wrong before. But to establish your claim you will need to find, not just a source where somebody has speculated about the Irish phrase, but at the very least a solid demonstration that the English word was used in Ireland first. --ColinFine (talk) 19:32, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Does not even think that the derivation of this sense "Very good; greatly pleasing; excellent; sensational" from the basic sense "That smashes, in various senses" requires a comment
 * Mentions no Irish connection whatever
 * Lists as its first two citations of the word in this meaning first an American and then an English writer.