Plastic Paddy

English Alternative forms en plastic Paddy Etymology From the sense of en plastic as en fake, en ersatz, en inauthentic, etc. and en Paddy Patrick as a generic name for any Irish man. Pronunciation en ædi Noun plastic Paddy en humorous sometimes pejorative A person of another ethnicity considered to be passing or posing as Irish. en 1993 w:Eric Bogle Mirrors Plastic Paddy https://genius.com/Eric-bogle-plastic-paddy-lyrics He’s just a Plastic Paddy singing Plastic Paddy songs. In a Plastic Paddy pub that they call The Blarney Stone. There’s plastic shamrocks everywhere. There’s Guinness and green beer. And a sign in Gaelic above the bar which says “God Bless All Here”. en pejorative ethnic slur An Irish person considered to be inauthentically Irish, especially en UK recent Irish arrivals to London. Synonyms en plastic Translations A person pretending to be Irish French: fr faux Irlandais Irish: ga Páidín Plaisteach See also Hollywood Irish en Ireland Racism Culture