Tuesday 19 October 2010

Where does the phrase "In a jock/jocker" come from?

We got a text this morning with the phrase "in a jock" in it and it got us thinking, where did it come from? We've ruled out "jock strap" as the source as they're an American thing and "in a jock" seems to be a mainly Dublin phrase.

Any ideas?

2 comments:

  1. Is it from the Irish "deacair" (means difficult) as in being in difficulty??

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  2. Ooh! That sounds plausible! We think you might be right with this "an deacair" meaning very difficult adds weight to your theory as well.

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