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Quirk
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quirk
English
Etymology
en ga - and en gv - surname, Anglicized from ga Ó Cuirc descendant of Corc, a personal name derived from ga curca curc tuft of hair. It was sometimes Anglicized as en Oates due to an erroneous association with ga coirce oats.
Sometimes also a shortened variant of en McGuirk.
Proper noun
en.
en Reducing Power Outages Caused by Metallic Balloons is Focus of Bill Introduced Today California State Assembly Democratic Caucus https://a20.asmdc.org/press-releases/20180214-reducing-power-outages-caused-metallic-balloons-focus-bill-introduced-today 2018-02-14 Assemblymember Bill Quirk (D-Hayward) has introduced a bill to address power outages caused by metallic film balloons when they come into contact with powerlines. https://web.archive.org/web/20200213141450/https://a20.asmdc.org/press-releases/20180214-reducing-power-outages-caused-metallic-balloons-focus-bill-introduced-today
Derived terms
en Quirkian