Where did "Happy out" come from??!

SomeDude · 31-03-2010 10:40am #1

I hear a lot of people using the phrase "happy out", or "busy out".

Does anyone know the origin of these expressions

I cringe everytime I hear someone use them.

I'm no professor of English, but me do be thinking it is no proper English.....

consultech · 31-03-2010 10:43am

SomeDude wrote: »

I hear a lot of people using the phrase "happy out", or "busy out".

Does anybody know the origins of these expressions I cringe everytime I hear someone use them.

I'm no professor of English, but me do be thinking it is no proper English.....

Thank You. I first heard this saying just before Christmas, and thought it was an English thing (heard it from an English person). I must have been totally ignorant to it because I hear it on a weekly basis all over now that I'm aware of it. It annoys me too for some reason.

The Rook · 31-03-2010 10:45am

consultech wrote: »

No, it's no.

I think (just a slight hint due to the syntax of the entire last sentence) that the OP may have intended that !!

Menengroth™ · 31-03-2010 10:45am

don't know who you hang around with but I have never heard that before.

3qsmavrod5twfe · 31-03-2010 10:45am

SomeDude wrote: »

I hear a lot of people using the phrase "happy out"

It's when one of the dwarves finally admitted he was gay.

He was Happy, out, and very happy. It all stemmed from there.

Gone Drinking · 31-03-2010 10:46am

Ricky Martin's happy out

Black Swan · 31-03-2010 10:48am

SomeDude wrote: »

I hear a lot of people using the phrase "happy out"... Does anyone know the origin of these expressions?

Consult Guinness

Noopti · 31-03-2010 10:50am

Culchies?

Xavi6 · 31-03-2010 10:52am

It's a horrible expression that I've only heard used by culchies, and it's usually followed by the word "like".

/shudder

WindSock · 31-03-2010 10:53am

Maybe it stems from 'Sound out'

Culchie: 'Oh she's sound out, she is. Face on her like a badgers arse, but I'd still roide 'er'.

wayne0308 · 31-03-2010 10:53am

I've been using and hearing "happy out" as long as I can remember. Now that you mention it I've not heard it many times in Dublin. Never took much notice of it to be honest.

petes · 31-03-2010 10:53am

Some dude came up with them.

MaybeLogic · 31-03-2010 10:56am

I never heard it till now, tbh.
Must be culchie-speak.

youcancallmeal · 31-03-2010 10:59am

Maybe it evolved from the phrase 'Mad out of it' which does make a little bit of sense?

NoDice · 31-03-2010 11:00am

I'm happy out using the words "happy out"!

I don't see anything wrong with it..

Like we definately say "like" too much..

Also, my hungarian friend thinks alot of what we say is "cringe-worthy".

We sit down, put our lunch on the table and say for no reason "now!".. Why do we say that?

Or instead of saying goodbye to a friend we say "go on"..

alwaysadub · 31-03-2010 11:03am

i've only heard that since i moved to Galway. Must be a culchie thing alright.

Noopti · 31-03-2010 11:03am

NoDice wrote: »

Or instead of saying goodbye to a friend we say "go on"..

"Go on"??

Never heard that before....

yermandan · 31-03-2010 11:04am

I'd imagine its along the same lines as when someone says 'worn out', no?

Canis Lupus · 31-03-2010 11:05am

It's a bogger thing although I mostly hear it from Corkish people and we all know they're weird so.....

Minstrel27 · 31-03-2010 11:05am

Happy out is something I hear all the time. It must be due to me being a muck savage and not residing in the big smoke :rolleyes:

NoDice · 31-03-2010 11:06am

Noopti wrote: »

"Go on"??

Never heard that before....

Maybe it's a Cork thing? Can anyone from Cork back that up if they've heard it?

I hear it nearly every day, I never say it myself though. I'd be leaving work, stop to talk to one of my friends, I'd say "I really have to go now bye" and she'll say "alright go on so".

But alot of people just say "go on so" without the conversation at all..

yermandan wrote: »

I'd imagine its along the same lines as when someone says 'worn out', no?

Really good point! Makes sense too!

Theta · 31-03-2010 11:07am

Yeah only ever heard it from a few lads in work from Mayo and Limerick.

They even use sound out! Its just sound.

enda1 · 31-03-2010 11:08am

Wexford people definitely.

Same people who say "quare good", and pronounce "one" as "wan".

NoDice · 31-03-2010 11:08am

Canis Lupus wrote: »

It's a bogger thing although I mostly hear it from Corkish people and we all know they're weird so.....

Every county has their own slang which other counties generally regard as funny/weird..

NoDice · 31-03-2010 11:09am

Theta wrote: »

Yeah only ever heard it from a few lads in work from Mato and Limerick.

They even use sound out! Its just sound.

Ha ha ha!! Yeah it's just sound but I know I've said "ya he's sound out" before.. CRINGE!!!

Canis Lupus · 31-03-2010 11:16am

NoDice wrote: »

Every county has their own slang which other counties generally regard as funny/weird..

Yeah but Cork is the worst.

Noopti · 31-03-2010 11:25am

NoDice wrote: »

I'd be leaving work, stop to talk to one of my friends, I'd say "I really have to go now bye" and she'll say "alright go on so".

And your response would obviously be "Eh, I wasn't looking for permission biatch"?

Seriously though, if someone responded like that to me I would think they were taking the piss, or else actually felt agrieved that I was leaving...

pickarooney · 31-03-2010 11:29am

"That bate all out" is another one.

dario28 · 31-03-2010 11:31am

Nothing worse than hearing a Dub saying Happy Out or Sound Out

Its widespread down the country and slowly filtering into Dublin....disaster !

Biggins · 31-03-2010 11:33am

We won't be hearing Tom Cruise saying one of those phrases soon I suspect!

Fulton Crown · 31-03-2010 11:35am

Yeah culchie thing all right - first heard it down Limerick way - was walking behind two big buttocked milfs in Lim - they were discussing their children and one of them had passed an exam.

"You must be proud out !" says the other - would have scooted on past them but I hadnt quite finished admiring their buttocks.

Another phrase they used that annoys the sh1t outa me is the use of the word "left".

Now I would say "I brought her home" whereas they said "I left her home"
Or " I left him down"

Pure annoying ! Crackin butts though - I could almost forgive them

funk-you · 31-03-2010 11:37am

I'm always happier when I'm out, pants don't do it for me.

-Funk

PaulieBeef · 31-03-2010 11:37am

jaysis get with the lingo, jackeens! Us "culchies" have been using those phrases for donkey's!:)

pickarooney · 31-03-2010 11:41am

PaulieBeef wrote: »

jaysis get with the lingo, jackeens! Us "culchies" have been using those phrases with donkey's!:)

FYP. There's a certain brand of culchie who loves to say "with years" as though English-speakers would understand this.

Theta · 31-03-2010 11:48am

Fulton Crown wrote: »

Pure annoying ! Crackin butts though - I could almost forgive them

Pure is another one of those culchie sayings. "That was pure awful"

ejmaztec · 31-03-2010 11:49am

pickarooney wrote: »

FYP. There's a certain brand of culchie who loves to say "with years" as though English-speakers would understand this.

I heard this in Kerry when I asked someone how long they had worked somewhere. "I worked there with two weeks"

31-03-2010 11:49am

I use this all the time.. Only in the last year or so.
Do you want us to all sound the same like with proper english? Language is just a communication tool and if you understand that i'm happy, job done.

trad · 31-03-2010 11:53am

How did "Hey" make it from Ardee to CSI?

xzanti · 31-03-2010 11:55am

I fcuking hate that phrase, I started a rant about it over in R&R not long ago, it's hideous, it's a serious conversation stopper for me.. 'See ya after'.. :rolleyes:

meditraitor · 31-03-2010 11:59am

Never heard it............. sounds stupid

star.chaser · 31-03-2010 12:05pm

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Yeah but Cork is the worst.

i sense a feeling of animosity towards our cork brothers. care to expand on your experiences that make you feel this way?

Seaneh · 31-03-2010 12:10pm

I know people from all over the island who say it.

Malari · 31-03-2010 12:11pm

NoDice wrote: »

Maybe it's a Cork thing? Can anyone from Cork back that up if they've heard it?

I hear it nearly every day, I never say it myself though. I'd be leaving work, stop to talk to one of my friends, I'd say "I really have to go now bye" and she'll say "alright go on so".

But alot of people just say "go on so" without the conversation at all..

Yeah, it appears to be a Cork thing. I hate it! When people want to finish a phone conversation they say "go on" instead of "well, I'll talk to you soon" or something more civil. Sounds like you are really holding them up and they can't wait to get rid of you.

WeleaseWoderick · 31-03-2010 12:17pm

Have only ever heard "happy out" from Cork and Kerry people. It's a phrase that completely wrecks my head for some reason.

Another Cork phrase that I've heard is saying "alergic" to mean being distressed or annoyed about something. e.g. "It took us half an hour to get served like, I was fecking alergic!"

star.chaser · 31-03-2010 12:22pm

lived in cork for years and never heard "happy out".
i've heard allergic alright. kind of self explanatory. as in i'm allergic to that dope on boards

Malari · 31-03-2010 12:22pm

WeleaseWoderick wrote: »

Have only ever heard "happy out" from Cork and Kerry people. It's a phrase that completely wrecks my head for some reason.

Another Cork phrase that I've heard is saying "alergic" to mean being distressed or annoyed about something. e.g. "It took us half an hour to get served like, I was fecking alergic!"

I think you'll find the phrase has been shortened to "allerge" :rolleyes:

As in...

"Traffic was UNREAL coming home today"
"Don't talk to me, girl...ALLERGE!!!"

eddie the eagle · 31-03-2010 12:38pm

happy out?......sure it was runnin rampant down the back arse of wicla and wexford about 3 years gone. (said with wiclow accent)

SomeDude · 31-03-2010 12:39pm

I don't particulary want everybody to speak "proper" English. I'm just intrigued to know where the phrase "happy out" came from.

Also, what the hell does it actually mean? Obviously I know what the sentiment is, but what does the "out" part refer to? Does it mean they are so happy that they are displaying "outward" emotion. Oh, and by the way, I hear this mostly from Dublin people...

consultech · 31-03-2010 12:39pm

WeleaseWoderick wrote: »

Have only ever heard "happy out" from Cork and Kerry people. It's a phrase that completely wrecks my head for some reason.

I originally said it was an English guy I heard it from, but he's actually lived in Kerry for half his life, so this would make sense.

It really (irrationally) grinds my gears too. I think it's because I like to speek propar Engurlish.

Daisy Steiner · 31-03-2010 12:43pm

SomeDude wrote: »

I don't particulary want everybody to speak "proper" English. I'm just intrigued to know where the phrase "happy out" came from.

Also, what the hell does it actually mean? Obviously I know what the sentiment is, but what does the "out" part refer to? Does it mean they are so happy that they are displaying "outward" emotion. Oh, and by the way, I hear this mostly from Dublin people...

Happy from the inside out?

NoDice · 31-03-2010 12:43pm

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Yeah but Cork is the worst.

Your mam is the worst..

Noopti wrote: »

And your response would obviously be "Eh, I wasn't looking for permission biatch"?

Seriously though, if someone responded like that to me I would think they were taking the piss, or else actually felt agrieved that I was leaving...

Ya it's a little rude but I think it's generally accepted as a "goodbye" in a nice way..

pickarooney wrote: »

"That bate all out" is another one.

Never heard that one..

Ya I've heard loadsa people say allergic too! Ugh, hate that but I've caught myself saying it a few times walking up the stairs to work when someone asks "how are you" and I reply "allergic"..

I didn't get "haunted" for a while.. Thought it meant a bad thing but it's apparently a good thing.. Must be getting old..

Where did "Happy out" come from??!

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