Prod
English
Etymology
Clipping of Protestant, as pronounced in an accent with flapping.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɹɑd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹɒd/
- Rhymes: -ɒd
Noun
Prod (plural Prods)
- (Ireland, Britain, slang, sometimes derogatory) A Protestant, (as termed by Roman Catholics), that is in the context of their religious beliefs, or those who have been born in the Protestant tradition, or sometimes those implied to be Protestant by their political ideology of Irish unionism or Ulster loyalism.
- "I don't want my daughter marrying a dirty Prod," he said.
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