Pogue Mahone, phr. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang (original) (raw)
Pogue Mahone phr.
[Gaelic pogue mahone, ‘kiss my arse’]
(Irish) a dismissive retort, lit. ‘kiss my arse’.
| [1922 | ![[Ire]](https://greensdictofslang.com/static/img/flags/ire.png) |
Joyce Ulysses 174: Pogue mahone! Acushla machree! It's destroyed we are from this day! It's destroyed we are surely!]. |
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| 1985 | ![[US]](https://greensdictofslang.com/static/img/flags/us.png) |
Spin Dec. 32/3: A place where dreams are bordered by brackish canals [...] and drunks scream "pogue mahone" ("kiss my ass") at one another in loud, rowdy pubs. |
| 2001 | |
G. Coughlan Everyday Eng. and Sl. 🌐 Pogue Mahone (phr): kiss my arse. |
| 2006 |  |
T.P. Dolan Dict. Hiberno-Eng. 179: I got a letter from her this morning and she said that she has taught them all to say pogue mahone [pog mo thoin, kiss my backside]. They think it's Irish for good morning. |
| 2009 | |
G. Suture Asphyxia 59: ‘Pogue mahone!’ She fled towards her mother’s house. |