Sleeveens in Dáil leave us banjaxed but not lost for words

SEEING as our economy is totally banjaxed, and we are about to be screwed by those sleeveens up in the Dáil in next week’s budget, there might be only one thing for it, to go out and get peloothered.

Sleeveens in Dáil leave us banjaxed but not lost for words

While we might be struggling to source the cash to pay our debts, at least we can source the wonderfully odd words we use everyday.

Odd though they may be, banjaxed, peloothered and sleeveen are all accepted words in the hallowed tome that is the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).

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