Meanings
plural ussuns · alternative us'un · alternative us-un · alternative usun · alternative us 'un · alternative us un · alternative ussin · alternative us'in · alternative us-in · alternative usin · alternative ussen · alternative us'en · alternative us-en · alternative usen
- Northern Irelandcolloquialhumorousin pluralSomeone on the same side of the Northern Irish sectarian divide (from the speaker's perspective).
Antonyms: themmun
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomeone on the same side of the Northern Irish sectarian divide (from the speaker's perspective).
Origin
Eye dialect of us ones (“we; us”, dialectal), as a reference to us versus them (“a state of opposition between two groups, mostly based on group membership”), in mock imitation of a stereotypical parochial sectarian. Singular ussun is a back-formation from ussuns (plural). Compare themmun.
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ussun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ussun
“ussun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ussun. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ussun,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ussun.
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