'Blaa' among Irish words recently added to the Oxford English Dictionary

"Blaa", "Spice bag" and "Class", are just some of the Irish words and terms that have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).

The OED announced the new inclusions as part of its March update which saw a focus on loan words from other languages particularly from Ireland, South Africa and southeast Asia.

The word "Blaa", which was also awarded Protected Geographical Indication status by the European Commission, is defined as "A soft white bread roll dusted with flour, particularly associated with Waterford, Ireland".

The OED said possible origins of the word "blaa" could come from the French words "blanc" meaning white and "blé" meaning wheat, but could not be confirmed.

Other Irish food terms/words have also been added to the OED this month including the popular spice bag, defined as "a takeaway meal usually sold from either Chinese food outlets or fish and chip shops".

The OED has said the English language has borrowed a huge amount of new words thanks to the Hiberno-English language, including the word "ludraman", a word used in James Joyce's Ulysses, defined as "a lazy, unproductive, or stupid person (especially a man)".

Other Irish word included "class", widely used across Ireland, has been defined as "a general term of approval: excellent, fantastic, great", "mineral", relating to a soft drink, "debs", "morto".

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