Irish bull

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Irish bull

noun Irish bulls

A ludicrous, incongruent or logically absurd statement. Like the argot once confined to a class, some of his phrases have become part of the general idiom. A Dundrearyism can be recognized as soon as uttered, like an Irish bull.

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@misc{irish_bull_2026,
  title = {Irish bull},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/irish%20bull},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}