English

Plastic Paddy

Plastic Paddy comes from English Paddy ‘Patrick’.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Earliest quotation: 1993, Plastic Paddy: “He’s just a Plastic Paddy singing Plastic Paddy songs.…”

Made of the words Plastic + Paddy

Ancient Greek πλάσσω ‘to mold’

Ancient Greek πλαστικός ‘fit for moulding’

Latin plasticus ‘of molding’

Proto-Austronesian *pajay

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay ‘paddy, rice (plant)’

Proto-Malayic *padi

Malay padi ‘paddy plant’

English Paddy

Every English word from English Paddy

noun A person of another ethnicity considered to be passing or posing as Irish.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.