Some of my Dublin compatriots favour cod-acting over jig-acting
When I have nothing better to be doing, I sometimes worry about the future of jig-acting. Like the Bornean orangutan, it has lapsed into that critically endangered territory. And, unless we act to preserve it, jig-acting will become as extinct as the dodo in a few short years.
Jig-acting has been deployed to great effect by writers such as Liam O’ Flaherty and John McGahern in the past. I did a quick online search to see if it was still in circulation and found pockets of jig-acting in certain corners of the internet. Over on Reddit, someone was blaming an air-raid siren on Putin and accusing him of being “at his usual jig-acting”. An article onwas wondering how far off the coast of Cork the Russian navy was planning to carry out its jig-acting.
“Foostering” also needs our attention. We are still the best nation in the world for engaging in foostering but its survival is not guaranteed. We should of course be the top nation for foostering as we did invent the word after all, borrowing it from the Irish word fústar, which means fuss, or fidgetiness. Foostering can be done anywhere and usually involves some rummaging around, perhaps in a voluminous handbag, a glove compartment or a messy drawer.
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