D4

d4 English Etymology From Dublin 4, a postal code covering the Southside of Dublin, which includes some of the most expensive properties in Ireland and the headquarters of various prestigious institutions (including Aviva Stadium, headquarters of the Irish Rugby Football Union). Proper noun en Ireland metonymic The upper middle class of Dublin or Ireland as a whole. en The show divided public opinion on the grounds that it presented a "D4" lifestyle which was not representative of life outside of Dublin. Fade Street Reality Stars 2011 RTÉ Archives https://www.rte.ie/archives/2016/1126/834363-cast-of-fade-street/ en 2015-09-30 Frankie Gaffney Dublin Seven Liberties Press 9781910742365 Shane knew the suspicion was due to his accent, and the tracksuit he'd worn on the first day. Skanger, he thought to himself, that's what she thinks of me. Or what's the other word the culchies use? Scrote. Then the D4 heads: knacker, scobe. The Old Bill: scumbag. en by extension A version of Advanced Dublin English, a high prestige dialect of Dublin and Ireland, derived from the dialect of South Dublin, and peaking in popularity in the 1990s and 2000s. en Dartspeak Dortspeak en 2019-10-28 Joan O'Sullivan Corpus Linguistics and the Analysis of Sociolinguistic Change: Language Variety and Ideology in Advertising Routledge 9781000710779 1982 According to Hickey, while discarding unpopular elements of D4 and Dortspeak, this new pronunciation form, however, retained a number of features of its predecessors such as the raising of non-local back vowels and the retraction of /ai/ in differentiating itself from local speech forms. en 2021-10-19 Serena Nanda Richard L. Warms Culture Counts: A Concise Introduction to Cultural Anthropology SAGE Publications 9781544336251 Authors of newspaper editorials tied the use of D4 to what they imagined was the rejection of Irish identity. en Ireland metonymic often pejorative The fandom of Leinster Rugby, especially when seen as snobbish, insular and exerting undue influence on the Irish Rugby Football Union nationally. en https://www.the42.ie/the-8-signs-youre-a-leinster-rugby-fan-828014-Mar2013/ Anyone who has been along to the RDS in the past 8 years will know Leinster have very successfully discarded it old D4 image. The 8 signs you're a Leinster Rugby fan 2013-03-14 The 42 en https://www.independent.ie/incoming/tony-ward-i-hate-the-d4-slur-towards-rugby-i-was-brought-up-a-long-way-from-privilege/a/135165581.html I hate the ‘D4 slur’ towards rugby – I was brought up a long way from privilege I hate this D4 slur' towards a game we have always been good at but are better at now than ever. Irish Independent Tony Ward 2023-10-01 en https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-41540714.html I don’t recall any province conceding more than 100 points/15 tries in two weeks and if people are saying that Irish rugby is in good health, perhaps they should have a close look at what is happening outside the D4 bubble. Irish rugby fans must look outside 'D4 bubble' and at bigger picture David Corkery Cork Echo 2024-12-20 Noun en d4. en octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane. French Noun fr noun fr dice games d4 fr dé à quatre faces