craic

craic
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N-SING
If you are talking about something that you did and you say `the craic was great', or `it was a good craic', you mean that you had a really good time, especially because everyone was talking, joking, and laughing. [IRISH, INFORMAL]

I have enjoyed every minute. The craic has been great...

They go to the pubs not for the drink alone, but for the crack.

(in BRIT, also use crack)

English dictionary. 2008.

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