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SomeDude · 31-03-2010, 10:40

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, 10:43

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Originally Posted by SomeDude

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, 10:45

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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, 10:45

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

maccasarlaigh · 31-03-2010, 10:45

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Originally Posted by SomeDude

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, 10:46

Ricky Martin's happy out

**Black Swan** · 31-03-2010, 10:48

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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, 10:50

Culchies?

**Xavi6** · 31-03-2010, 10:52

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, 10:53

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, 10:53

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, 10:53

Some dude came up with them.

MaybeLogic · 31-03-2010, 10:56

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

youcancallmeal · 31-03-2010, 10:59

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

NoDice · 31-03-2010, 11:00

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"..

31-03-2010, 10:40	#1
SomeDude Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Dublin 14 Posts: 117 Adverts \| Friends	Where did "Happy out" come from??! 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..... Last edited by SomeDude; 31-03-2010 at 10:43.

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31-03-2010, 10:45	#4
Menengroth™ Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Dublin atm Posts: 895 Adverts \| Friends	don't know who you hang around with but I have never heard that before.

31-03-2010, 10:46	#6
Gone Drinking Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Confai Posts: 2,190 Adverts \| Friends	Ricky Martin's happy out

31-03-2010, 10:50	#8
Noopti Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 2,170 Adverts \| Friends	Culchies?

31-03-2010, 10:52	#9
Xavi6 Moderator Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Perth W.A. via D15 Posts: 39,092 Adverts \| Friends Mod: Aussie Rules Football	It's a horrible expression that I've only heard used by culchies, and it's usually followed by the word "like". /shudder

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WindSock Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Chickentown, evidently Posts: 8,119 Adverts \| Friends Mod: All Things Retro, Sunshine, Lollipops & Rainbows	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'.

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wayne0308 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 361 Adverts \| Friends	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.

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petes Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Louth Posts: 5,975 Adverts \| Friends	Some dude came up with them.

31-03-2010, 10:56	#13
MaybeLogic Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 1,415 Adverts \| Friends	I never heard it till now, tbh. Must be culchie-speak.

31-03-2010, 10:59	#14
youcancallmeal Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Dublin Posts: 4,890 Adverts \| Friends	Maybe it evolved from the phrase 'Mad out of it' which does make a little bit of sense?

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NoDice Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Cork, bey Posts: 1,912 Adverts \| Friends	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"..