irie
/ˈʌɪriː
/adjective
(Chiefly in Jamaican English) nice, good, or pleasing (used as a general term of approval): the place is jumping with irie vibes I feeling irie...
- It has been a pretty good long weekend with a fair amount of irie vibes and lots of camaraderie and alcohol.
- A couple of Red Stripe Beers helped to make the vibes more irie.
- Anyway, I gave them bills, which they gladly accepted and the food was irie.
exclamation
Used by Rastafarians as a friendly greeting.Took the ham outta the oven and tasted the first slice…irie!
Origin
1970s: perhaps representing a pronunciation of all right.
- get (or have) the worst of it
- get (or keep) one's eye in
- get (or keep) one's hand in
- get (or keep) the show on the road
- get (or lay)one's hands on
- get (or pull) one's finger out
- get (or put) someone's back up
- get (or receive) one's just deserts
- get (or sink) one's teeth into
- get (or start) off on the right (or wrong) foot
- get (or stick) the knife into (or in) someone
- get (or take) a rise out of
- get (or take or have) the bit between (or in) one's teeth
- get (or take or have) the measure of
- get out
- get out of
- get out of bed on the wrong side (or get up on the wrong side of the bed)
- (get) out of my sight!
- get out of someone's face
- get outside of
- get over
- get over oneself
- get physical
- get real!
- get religion