| 释义 |
Stickie, Sticky Ir. slang.|ˈstɪkɪ|
[f. stick v.1: see -y6, -ie.]
A member of the official I.R.A. or Sinn Fein. Usu. in pl. See also Stick n.5
1972Times 21 Aug. 10/3 Who'll stop the boys fighting with the stickies (official IRA)? 1978F. Burton Politics of Legitimacy 188 ‘Stickies’ is the widespread term used to designate the Official IRA/Sinn Féin. I heard two accounts of the origin of the term and both were somewhat apocryphal. One referred to the fact that the Official IRA ‘stuck’ to the existing organization whereas the Provisionals broke away. The other explained the name by referring to the fact that the Provisional IRA Easter Lilies were pinned to their supporters' clothes whereas the Officials had theirs stuck on. 1978D. Murphy Place Apart vi. 110 Her son..was ‘executed’ last year as a punishment for deserting from the Stickies. 1979J. B. Bell Secret Army 446 The term Stickies or Sticks came from the Official Republican innovation of putting gum on the back of the Easter Lily commemoration badge while the Provos stuck to the conventional pin. |