Langer loses its secret code to dictionary

LIKE the Navajo code talkers, the Indians and, more especially, cowboys of Cork long had at their disposal a mysterious word that could not be understood beyond the county bounds - not any more, the jewel in the local lingo, langer, has been lifted.

So, next time you tell a non-Corkonian ‘know what boy! you’re a prize langer!’, be warned - chances are he’ll know exactly what you mean, so save yourself an awful land.

Despite a recent musical treatise on the word, langer maintained much of its mysterious allure and most of its currency among cafflers.