Blarney
Irish kissing destination
Blarney is a village in County Cork, Ireland, famous for Blarney Castle and its Blarney Stone.
Legend holds that kissing the stone, set high in the castle wall, bestows the gift of eloquent persuasion—which is why flattering, persuasive speech came to be called blarney. (Lowercase blarney is smooth, flattering talk.)
gift of gab
Natural speaking ability
- castleskeep, moat, drawbridge, dungeon, turret
- IrelandDublin, Cork, Irish, leprechaun, Galway
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speech style
Blarneybluntness
Frank, unvarnished manner
candor · frankness · straight talk · directness · honesty
communicative intent
Blarneyauthenticity
Quality of being genuine
genuineness · substance · straight shooting · no-nonsense · matter-of-factness
- Blarney StoneRock said to bestow eloquence
- Blarney CastleIrish keep with famed stone