(Ireland, Wales, ambitransitive) To be absent from (school) without a valid excuse; to play truant, to skive off.
Ashley McGuire, a Catholic convert from far right Evangelical, is a Leonard Leo operative. A Becket Fund fellow, her MAGA “Catholic” org is funded by Leo. She is married to Mitch McConnell’s former chief of staff. n…
Would love to see Lindsay kicked out of Senate, but I firmly believe the majority of voters in SC are just to stupid to vote him out.SC will keep voting for him just like Ky kept voting for Mitch McConnell. Can fix R…
(Ireland, Wales, ambitransitive) To be absent from (school) without a valid excuse; to play truant, to skive off.
John said he was going to mitch the last lesson today.
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(Ireland , UK, _, regional) Playing truant.
(Ireland, idiom) to skip school; to play truant.
Mitching is the art of quietly dodging something you're supposed to be doing — most commonly skipping school without permission. Rooted in Irish and British regional dialect, it describes that sneaky act of playing truant, slipping away from class and hoping nobody notices. Beyond truancy, it can also mean skulking around or pretending to be worse off than you are. The word has a satisfyingly mischievous ring to it, and it's still alive in Irish English today, especially among younger speakers.
An Irish expression meaning to skip school or play truant — basically pulling a disappearing act on your teachers. If you're going on the mitch, you're not sick, you're just not showing up. Common in Irish schoolyard culture for generations, it captures that rebellious energy of ditching class to hang out somewhere more fun. Still widely understood in Ireland today, especially among older generations who used it growing up.
Favorite comedian, wrong answers only. I'll start: Three way tie between Immanuel Kant, Martin Heidegger, and Mitch McConnell.
(intransitive, dialectal) To shrink or retire from view; lurk out of sight; skulk.
: "Did you ever mitch school?" he asked. "No. But I think this is what it would feel like."
“I ripped his ass up and down last year, especially after he went after Mitch. I’ll do it again this year until he’s off golfing.”
“"Under typical procedure, the Court waits more than a month before formally issuing its judgment to allow time for rehearing requests." all that "it's too close to an election" talk Mitch McConnell used to block Obama Supreme Court appointees... he's laughing in his grave.”
“2. Resurrection Man Mitch Shelly”
“I mean, yeah, it didn’t help that Democrats were bound and determined to be the Weimer Republic 2.0. But at the end of the day, when future historians ask on exams who is the one person most responsible for the end of American democracy the answer will be Mitch McConnell.”
“[Is Mitch McConnell Dead Yet?] No.”
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(transitive, dialectal) To pilfer; filch; steal.
“Ashley McGuire, a Catholic convert from far right Evangelical, is a Leonard Leo operative. A Becket Fund fellow, her MAGA “Catholic” org is funded by Leo. She is married to Mitch McConnell’s former chief of staff. nypost.com/2026/05/05/o...”
“Would love to see Lindsay kicked out of Senate, but I firmly believe the majority of voters in SC are just to stupid to vote him out.SC will keep voting for him just like Ky kept voting for Mitch McConnell. Can fix R states from voting old white men into office.”
“Favorite comedian, wrong answers only. I'll start: Three way tie between Immanuel Kant, Martin Heidegger, and Mitch McConnell.”
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“Seems to me without fixing the senate, all else fails. SCOTUS was the bane of conservatives' existence for decades, until Moscow Mitch ran circles around democrats in the nomination process. The current court was legitimately composed by the current advice & consent rules”
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