Proddyadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈprɒdi/, U.S.

/ˈprɑdi/, Irish English

/ˈprɑdi/

Forms: 1900s– Proddie, 1900s– Proddy. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Prod n.², -y suffix¹, -y suffix⁶.

Etymology: < Prod n.² + either -y suffix¹ or -y suffix⁶.

slang (chiefly Irish English). derogatory.

A. adj.

Protestant.Recorded earliest in Proddy Dog n. at Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > [adjective]

evangelical1532

Protestant1539

Protestantical1566

evangelic1583

Protestantish1614

Prot1737

Orange1920

Proddy1954

Prod1977

1954 W. K. Hancock Country & Calling i. 50 And they would sing: Proddy Dog, Proddy Dog, Sitting on a well, Up comes the Devil And pulls him down to hell. Then we and the Catholic boys would pelt each other with cowdung.

1961 Spectator 28 Apr. 603 In other streets Papist and Proddy schoolboys could pass in peace.

1975 G. Seymour Harry's Game v. 76 Nice safe little billet..in a nice Proddy area... I'm not going..to sit on my arse in Proddyland.

1996 C. Bateman Of Wee Sweetie Mice & Men v. 41 He wasn't living that far away, just inside Proddie land really, but he was a member of the Holy Redeemer Boxing Club.

B. n.

A Protestant.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > [noun] > person

evangelical1532

gospeller1533

Protestant?1551

tropist1561

proculstant1589

tropic1607

evangelic1620

religionary1622

reformed1679

Prot1725

Prod1837

gospellist1845

right-footer1929

left-footer1933

Christian1951

Proddy Dog1954

Proddy-hopper1958

Proddy-woddy1959

Proddy1963

1963 H. Porter Watcher on Cast-iron Balcony 72 We have already sharpened our steel voices on each other,..packs of screaming State School Protestants on packs of screaming St. Mary's School Roman Catholics: Cath'lic..dogs jump like frogs in a pool of water. When the Proddies..ring the bell, all the Cath'lics..go to hell!

1980 Times 19 Nov. 12/5 It is well known that the Roman Catholic community traditionally supports Celtic, while the Proddies back Rangers.

1987 J. A. McArdle Sin Embargo 615 Proddies can get divorced and can import contraceptives.

1993 R. Doyle Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (1994) 113 He was a Protestant, a proddy, and he was older than us.

Compounds

Chiefly Children's slang.

C1.

Proddy-hopper n. [ < Proddy adj. and n. + a second element of uncertain origin, perhaps hopper (in clodhopper n.)] = sense B.

ΚΠ

1958 I. Cross God Boy 165 Proddy-hopper, proddy-hopper, go to hell.

1999 Sunday Tel (Sydney) (Nexis) 9 May 155 A Proddy-hopper is a colloquialism for what sort of person?

Proddy-woddy n. [Reduplication (with variation of the initial consonant)] = sense B.

ΚΠ

1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren xvi. 344 In Ireland, both north and south, Catholics are ‘Cathies’ and Protestants ‘Proddy-woddys’.

1996 F. McCourt Angela's Ashes (1997) vii. 194 Proddy Woddy ring the bell, Not for heaven but for hell.

C2.

Proddy Dog n. [ < Proddy adj. and n. + dog n.¹ (opposed to Cat: Catholic)] = sense B.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > [noun] > person

evangelical1532

gospeller1533

Protestant?1551

tropist1561

proculstant1589

tropic1607

evangelic1620

religionary1622

reformed1679

Prot1725

Prod1837

gospellist1845

right-footer1929

left-footer1933

Christian1951

Proddy Dog1954

Proddy-hopper1958

Proddy-woddy1959

Proddy1963

1954Proddy Dog [see sense A.].

1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren xvi. 344 In Staines..R.C. children call the Protestants ‘Old Proddy Dogs’... They still call them ‘Proddy Dogs’ at Ilford.

1968 T. Parker People of Streets 60 We always divided up into the same two sides, The Cats and The Proddy Dogs.

1987 R. Davies Enthusiasms (1991) 116 That meant being an outsider in English lower-class life, doomed to inferior education by priests..and at a grave social disadvantage among the ‘proddy dogs’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	proddy
释义	Proddyadj.n. Brit. /ˈprɒdi/, U.S. /ˈprɑdi/, Irish English /ˈprɑdi/ Forms: 1900s– Proddie, 1900s– Proddy. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Prod n.², -y suffix¹, -y suffix⁶. Etymology: < Prod n.² + either -y suffix¹ or -y suffix⁶. slang (chiefly Irish English). derogatory. A. adj. Protestant.Recorded earliest in Proddy Dog n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > [adjective] evangelical1532 Protestant1539 Protestantical1566 evangelic1583 Protestantish1614 Prot1737 Orange1920 Proddy1954 Prod1977 1954 W. K. Hancock Country & Calling i. 50 And they would sing: Proddy Dog, Proddy Dog, Sitting on a well, Up comes the Devil And pulls him down to hell. Then we and the Catholic boys would pelt each other with cowdung. 1961 Spectator 28 Apr. 603 In other streets Papist and Proddy schoolboys could pass in peace. 1975 G. Seymour Harry's Game v. 76 Nice safe little billet..in a nice Proddy area... I'm not going..to sit on my arse in Proddyland. 1996 C. Bateman Of Wee Sweetie Mice & Men v. 41 He wasn't living that far away, just inside Proddie land really, but he was a member of the Holy Redeemer Boxing Club. B. n. A Protestant. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > [noun] > person evangelical1532 gospeller1533 Protestant?1551 tropist1561 proculstant1589 tropic1607 evangelic1620 religionary1622 reformed1679 Prot1725 Prod1837 gospellist1845 right-footer1929 left-footer1933 Christian1951 Proddy Dog1954 Proddy-hopper1958 Proddy-woddy1959 Proddy1963 1963 H. Porter Watcher on Cast-iron Balcony 72 We have already sharpened our steel voices on each other,..packs of screaming State School Protestants on packs of screaming St. Mary's School Roman Catholics: Cath'lic..dogs jump like frogs in a pool of water. When the Proddies..ring the bell, all the Cath'lics..go to hell! 1980 Times 19 Nov. 12/5 It is well known that the Roman Catholic community traditionally supports Celtic, while the Proddies back Rangers. 1987 J. A. McArdle Sin Embargo 615 Proddies can get divorced and can import contraceptives. 1993 R. Doyle Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (1994) 113 He was a Protestant, a proddy, and he was older than us. Compounds Chiefly Children's slang. C1. Proddy-hopper n. [ < Proddy adj. and n. + a second element of uncertain origin, perhaps hopper (in clodhopper n.)] = sense B. ΚΠ 1958 I. Cross God Boy 165 Proddy-hopper, proddy-hopper, go to hell. 1999 Sunday Tel (Sydney) (Nexis) 9 May 155 A Proddy-hopper is a colloquialism for what sort of person? Proddy-woddy n. [Reduplication (with variation of the initial consonant)] = sense B. ΚΠ 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren xvi. 344 In Ireland, both north and south, Catholics are ‘Cathies’ and Protestants ‘Proddy-woddys’. 1996 F. McCourt Angela's Ashes (1997) vii. 194 Proddy Woddy ring the bell, Not for heaven but for hell. C2. Proddy Dog n. [ < Proddy adj. and n. + dog n.¹ (opposed to Cat: Catholic)] = sense B. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > [noun] > person evangelical1532 gospeller1533 Protestant?1551 tropist1561 proculstant1589 tropic1607 evangelic1620 religionary1622 reformed1679 Prot1725 Prod1837 gospellist1845 right-footer1929 left-footer1933 Christian1951 Proddy Dog1954 Proddy-hopper1958 Proddy-woddy1959 Proddy1963 1954Proddy Dog [see sense A.]. 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren xvi. 344 In Staines..R.C. children call the Protestants ‘Old Proddy Dogs’... They still call them ‘Proddy Dogs’ at Ilford. 1968 T. Parker People of Streets 60 We always divided up into the same two sides, The Cats and The Proddy Dogs. 1987 R. Davies Enthusiasms (1991) 116 That meant being an outsider in English lower-class life, doomed to inferior education by priests..and at a grave social disadvantage among the ‘proddy dogs’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1954
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