Although we try to steer clear of terminology with the potential to offend, a listener's question about the expression Irish bull proved irresistible. Our listener started us off with an example of an Irish bull from his own wife.
Irish bulls turn up in fine writing and in apocryphal attributions.
We're afraid that appellation is just one in a long line of derogatory designations disparaging one ethnic group or another. Special thanks today to Ed Matthews. We welcome your comments.