I only recently learned what gobbeen means. I always thought it meant a fool but…
“A gombeen man is a pejorative Hiberno-English term used in Ireland for a shady, small-time “wheeler-dealer” businessman or politician who is always looking to make a quick profit, often at someone else’s expense or through the acceptance of bribes”
Spot on.
How very noughties.
You know that if you go to the Wikipedia page for Robert Troy you can see that this edit was made at 10:16 this morning and reverted 2 minutes later. So the most likely answer to the question of which of us did it is you.
How the hell did I make it to 48 years old and not know what TD meant until now.
The fuckin’ head on him. I bet when he heads out to play on a Saturday morning, his auld wan takes the opportunity to clean out all the strangled kittens from under his bed.
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I only recently learned what gobbeen means. I always thought it meant a fool but…
“A gombeen man is a pejorative Hiberno-English term used in Ireland for a shady, small-time “wheeler-dealer” businessman or politician who is always looking to make a quick profit, often at someone else’s expense or through the acceptance of bribes”
Spot on.
How very noughties.
You know that if you go to the Wikipedia page for Robert Troy you can see that this edit was made at 10:16 this morning and reverted 2 minutes later. So the most likely answer to the question of which of us did it is you.
[Not me, I swear](https://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/comments/wvnkur/z/ilh0yu1)
one look and you just know.
How the hell did I make it to 48 years old and not know what TD meant until now.
The fuckin’ head on him. I bet when he heads out to play on a Saturday morning, his auld wan takes the opportunity to clean out all the strangled kittens from under his bed.