In the entry for "hoor", (The Dictionary of Hiberno-English) Dolan notes "it may be used affectionately as well as pejoratively, especially when qualified by the adjective 'cute'... 'that man's such a cute hoor he'd build a nest in your ear.'"

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an Irish neologism in English based on Irish phonetics (hoor, derived from whore) and a compound phrase with a distinct meaning of its own (cute hoor).

On a more academic note: the phrase "cute hoor" is exemplary in Hiberno-English as it represents three different categories of the dialect: an English word with a distinct meaning in Ireland (cute, meaning shrewd),

‘A cute hoor‘ is used to describe someone that’s relatively crafty and that’s able to mould a situation to benefit themselves.

For example, ‘He’s a cute hoor that fella, always manages to get a free ticket to the concerts in the Phoenix Park’.

Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day:

Cute hoor

‘Cute hoor’ is one of the older Irish slang phrases and it can be dated back to at least 1983 when it was used in the ‘Evening Herald’ paper to describe two politicians.

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or to sap as a dialectal word for a mush or sop, and from there extended to mean a person of soft intellect or character.

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If you call someone a ‘Sap’ in Ireland you’re usually describing them as a fool. The notion perhaps is from sap (plant fluid) as suggestive of freshness or "greenness",

Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day:

Sap

The use of the word ‘Sap’ dates back to 1815 and it’s probably shortened from earlier words in related senses, such as sappy, sapskull (1735), saphead (1739).

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For example, ‘Mrs. O’Toole gave us about 7 weeks worth of maths homework. What a geebag’.

As for it's origin: “Gee” is a slang word for female genitalia, and “bag” is a bag!

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Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day:

Geebag

Another of the gender specific Irish expressions, a ‘Geebag’ is used to describe a female you dislike, sort of like calling them a wagon.

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