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themmun

/ˈðɛmən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
them-mun
IPA
/ˈðɛmən/
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone on the other side of the Northern Irish sectarian divide (from the speaker's perspective).

Colloquial; Humorous

Etymology

Eye dialect of them ones (“those ones”, dialectal), as a reference to us versus them (“a state of opposition between two groups, mostly based on group membership”), in mock imitation of a stereotypical parochial sectarian. Singular themmun is a back-formation from themmuns (plural). Compare ussun.

Usage

Inflected Forms

themmuns (plural) them'un (alternative) them-un (alternative) themun (alternative) them 'un (alternative) them un (alternative) themmin (alternative) them'in (alternative) them-in (alternative) themin (alternative) themmen (alternative) them'en (alternative)

Homonyms

them-un them 'un them un them-en themen them'un themun themmen

Antonyms

ussun

Rhymes With

them-un them 'un them un them-en themen them'un themun themmen them'en

Questions

How do you pronounce themmun?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈðɛmən/.
What does themmun mean?
Someone on the other side of the Northern Irish sectarian divide (from the speaker's perspective).
Where does themmun come from?
Eye dialect of them ones (“those ones”, dialectal), as a reference to us versus them (“a state of opposition between two groups, mostly based on group membership”), in mock imitation of a stereotypical parochial sectarian. Singular themmun is a back-formation from themmuns (plural). Compare ussun.

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