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FBI

Foreign-born Irish. Derisive Southie term for recent immigrants from Ireland who take high paying jobs in high tech.

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Just wanted to mention that a friend of mine thought, as a kid, that her and her dad would go to something called a "fadadada dance" ...You know, the one where your dad takes you?

Brian Spencer on January 6, 2004 06:25 PM.

FBI - Ive always used that term as Full Blooded Irish. My friends who are half irish may refer to myself as an FBI being full bloooded irish. Also consult "The Brothers Bulger" by Howie Carr, same meaning.

smitty on March 23, 2007 02:52 PM.

high tech? what?


it mean full blooded irish.

Timmy on May 26, 2007 11:46 AM.

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