Language & Phrases of the NI Peace Process

imme · 12-09-2010 12:03AM #1

Mods might wish to move this to History & Heritage as I'm not sure if it fits here on Politics.

Anyway, this thread is not to get a discussion going as such or create arguments. It's to get people to post phrases or language that was brought up during the NI conflict and Peace Process.
I think it was an interesting period in our history when language was used as provocatively at times as violence.
Some of the phrases used were posatively Orwellian.

I'll start off:

securocrats

politics of condemnation

statelet

the troubles

Cavehill Red · 12-09-2010 12:09AM

One of the best football chants ever, heard at the Irish Cup Final sung by Cliftonville fans at the 1997 Irish Cup Final against Portadown:

"Cross-border bodies with executive powers!" clap clap clap clap clap clappity clap

I'd also offer for honourable mention:

MOPE
parity of esteem
and
hands of history (on some warmongering c unt's shoulders)

imme · 12-09-2010 12:16AM

Cavehill Red wrote: »

One of the best football chants ever, heard at the Irish Cup Final sung by Cliftonville fans at the 1997 Irish Cup Final against Portadown:

"Cross-border bodies with executive powers!" clap clap clap clap clap clappity clap

I'd also offer for honourable mention:

MOPE
parity of esteem
and
hands of history (on some warmongering c unt's shoulders)

"Cross-border bodies etc" clap clap etc. That's classic, never heard that before.:D

For those who think "MOPE" is for the Ministry of Population & Environment of Nepal they'd be mistaken, it stands for Most Oppressed People Ever, I had to look it up.

aDeener · 12-09-2010 05:17PM

situation

Language & Phrases of the NI Peace Process

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