adj. — Newfoundland
generous, extravagant or wasteful.
Type: 2. Preservation — The term flahoolach is a word of Irish Gaelic origin (Clarke 2010b: 108) that describes the qualities of being generous, lavish or wasteful (see the 1989 quotation). As suggested by DNE, the term flahoolach likely derives from the Irish Gaelic word "flaitheamhlach", which is defined as 'generous, hospitable, big-hearted' (Dinneen 1927: 462). Note that flahoolach is sometimes used ironically (see DNE, s.v. "flahoolach"). Clarke (2010b: 107) describes many of the uncommon Irish Gaelic borrowings in Newfoundland and Labrador English as "depict[ing] human beings, particularly in terms of undesirable characteristics".