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General Slang
your man
· phrase · irish-eng
That fella over there — no, he's not actually yours.
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Universal Irish stand-in for any male whose name you've forgotten, can't be bothered to say, or assume the listener already knows. Has zero possessive meaning. The female version is 'your one'. Confuses tourists endlessly.
“Your man on the telly last night, he was on great form.”
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your man In A Sentence
Your man on the telly last night, he was on great form.
Origin & Usage
People Also Ask
Why 'your' if he's not mine?
Hiberno-English uses 'your' as a vague conversational pointer, not a possessive. Same logic in 'your one' for a woman.
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