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Murphia
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English
Etymology
en Murphy mafia.
Noun
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The expatriate Irish people residing in the UK, especially those who have prospered; also attributive. https://greensdictofslang.com/entry/z7mlroy Green’s Dictionary of Slang Murphia n. 2023 Jonathon Green Digital
en 1998 E. Klein Just Jackie Ballantine Books 27 Her poll numbers were sky high, higher even than Jack’s; this [...] impressed his Irish mafia (‘the Murphia,’ she called them).
1998, Jack Cunningham, FERGUS SHAMED BY THE MURPHIA., The Mirror, np.https://www.thefreelibrary.com/FERGUS+SHAMED+BY+THE+MURPHIA-a060677971 The Free Library FERGUS SHAMED BY THE MURPHIA. 14 May 1998 Cunningham, Jack. https://web.archive.org/web/20231215231628/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/FERGUS+SHAMED+BY+THE+MURPHIA-a060677971 15 December 2023
See also
en Taffia
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