The name originated in the late 1850's, mostly in the upper classes of Southern England. But as times have moved on in England, then name has gone down hill and is now related to being straight but very camp. Also the word Finnigan can be associated with bad sense of fashion, buying clothes from the other gender.
In addition to, the word Finnigan can be asscoiated with liking people with wierd names e.g. Arsenal, Chelsea
This person is extremely camp. The word signifies gay and queer. Normally if you are comparing someone to finnigan, then you would say that he is coming out of the closet.
Sam: Hey chris. you know that guy whos gay.
Chris: Who that finnigan over there
A male possessing homosexual behaviour but liking various girls one after another to try cover up his sexuality.
He posses the need to make a statement of the way he looks just to overcompensate his homosexuality
pfff, have you seen that guy, he is acting such like a finnigan, and just look at the way he is dressed.
A tradition in Irish funerals, it's the name given to the enormous partying and alcohol consumption that takes place after an Irish funeral, as the Irish believe that the dead would not want to look down on their family to see them mourning and crying, but rather partying and remembering the good times of those passed.
After the funeral for my grandma, we all partied Finnigan's wake style to remember the good times.
A)
The Crud that collects under the keys in a keyboard. Usually more severe in the keyboards of programmers and webmasters as they tend to spend a lot of time at the the computer and thus eat at their desk. Mainly affecting IBM Model M (clicly) style boards.
B)
Can also be used to gross out Non-Techie people
A)
Bill: want to go to the club?
Bob: No, I've got to clean out my board chow, keys are starting to stick.
B)
Bill: Want to go out to get a bite?
Bob: No, i am just going to have some of my board chow/
Bill: Whats' that?
Bob: The food scraps that collect in my keyboard; Want some?
Bill: *GAG* *HURL* *GAG*