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General Slang
Dortspeak
· noun · irish
The mocking name for the affected South Dublin accent — 'Dublin 4' becomes 'Dortspeak'.
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The exaggerated, drawled accent of well-off South Dublin — 'DART' (Dublin Area Rapid Transit) comes out as 'Dort', which is where the name comes from. Flattened vowels, upward inflections, lots of 'roysh' for 'right'. Mocked relentlessly by everyone outside D4 and immortalised by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly.
“She slipped into full Dortspeak the second her old school friends arrived.”
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Dortspeak In A Sentence
She slipped into full Dortspeak the second her old school friends arrived.
Origin & Usage
Dublin, late 1990s. Coined to mock the way South Dubliners pronounce 'DART' as 'Dort'.
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