It was picked up from the Scots and northeast English word ‘crack’, meaning loud gossip, banter or bragging. Craic then ...

Eight Irish English, or Hiberno-English, words that are "untranslatable" or "cannot be translated into another" are included in the Oxford English Dictionary's (OED) March 2025 update.

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It was picked up from the Scots and northeast English word ‘crack’, meaning loud gossip, banter or bragging. Craic then acquired its characteristic Irish spelling, and it has kept this since ...

Eight Irish-English words have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary in its latest update. A number of new words including eight Hiberno-English/Irish-English ...