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irk: to irritate, annoy. Origin: Middle English, (in the sense of to be annoyed or disgusted); perhaps from Old Norse yrkja, to work. So there, you see - irk does indeed rhyme with work. It also rhymes with lurk, berserk, kirk, dirk, murk, and Turk.
My first boss used to cry 'irky-Moses' when things were going wrong. No idea why.
Football supporters who forget the rest of the carriage don't want to hear their discussions.
A group of late 20's early to mid 30's got on the train to London- they were going to Wembley for the England/Scotland game. They were wearing poppies.
I was just going to Leicester for the Belmont Belles RNA chapter.
As the train wasn't due to leave until 11.05, at 11.00 by my watch I closed my eyes and thought about my great-uncle who died in 1917, the friends of another great-uncle (who survived) who died on the Somme, and for my father, the friends he remembered each year.
Sad to say, a few of this group didn't stop their exuberance and swearing from the time they got on until I got off 30 minutes later.
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So there, you see - irk does indeed rhyme with work.
It also rhymes with lurk, berserk, kirk, dirk, murk, and Turk.
My first boss used to cry 'irky-Moses' when things were going wrong. No idea why.
A group of late 20's early to mid 30's got on the train to London- they were going to Wembley for the England/Scotland game. They were wearing poppies.
I was just going to Leicester for the Belmont Belles RNA chapter.
As the train wasn't due to leave until 11.05, at 11.00 by my watch I closed my eyes and thought about my great-uncle who died in 1917, the friends of another great-uncle (who survived) who died on the Somme, and for my father, the friends he remembered each year.
Sad to say, a few of this group didn't stop their exuberance and swearing from the time they got on until I got off 30 minutes later.
It was time for the silence let alone whatday it was
'back in the day'
...and if anyone says 'bored of' to my face, I swear to God I will kick them in the crotch.
Makes me so bored of it all