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Variant of Queer.
Depending on the context, it can mean strange or uncanny, but can also mean homosexual. "He's a right quare hawk", meaning he is a strange person.
"That was a right quare film", meaning that movie was indeed rather strange. "He's a quare lad!", that man is a homosexual. |
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Irish meaning 'very' or 'extremely'. a rural pronouniaction of the word Queer.
(Does not mean great, as it can be used in a negative sense, ie. this funeral is quare depressing. The weather was quare cold.
That woman is quare fine. |
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noticeable,remarkable,exceptional. Equivalent to the word "quite" in most instances.
In Irish usage the word has no homosexual connotations. That was a quare party
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| 3. | Quare | ||
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Irish colloquial word, possibly derived from queer.
Can mean 'strange' or 'unusual'. Can also be a substitute for 'very', 'really' or 'extremely'. She's a quare one!
That film was a bit quare, wasn't it? She's quare fine! I could quare go for some chips right now. |
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Irish.... contrary to popular belief this does not mean queer or strange but great! that was quare good
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| 5. | Quare | ||
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Is what Irish farmers/boggers call a sexy woman "Any Quare ones lately?"
"I was fucking this quare one the other night" |
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| 6. | Quare | ||
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This word is an Ulsterism, a colloquial word used almost exclusively by either old people or spides in Northen Ireland.
It is thought it originates from "Queer" which, when used in Ulster Scots refers to something unussually good. Quare is often used in conjunction with "Geg" which, means a joke or something funny. "Ahh Fuck mate, thon's a quare geg"
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Quare is often used as 'peculiar' in rural parts of the United States. Andrew refuses to eat his greenbeans for no apparent reason, therefore his parents say he is just being quare.
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