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English
Etymology
Blend of Murphy + mafia
Noun
Murphia (uncountable)
- the expatriate Irish people living in the UK, esp. those who have prospered; also attrib. [1]
1998, E. Klein, Just Jackie, Ballantine Books, page 27:Her poll numbers were sky high, higher even than Jack’s; this [...] impressed his Irish mafia (‘the Murphia,’ she called them).
- 1998, Jack Cunningham, FERGUS SHAMED BY THE MURPHIA., The Mirror, np.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Jonathon Green (2023) “Murphia n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang (Digital)
- ^ Cunningham, Jack. (1998 May 14) “FERGUS SHAMED BY THE MURPHIA.”, in The Free Library