# themmun

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈðɛmən/

## Definitions
1. Someone on the other side of the Northern Irish sectarian divide (from the speaker's perspective).

## Etymology
Eye dialect of them ones (“those ones”, dialectal), as a reference to us versus them (“a state of opposition between two groups, mostly based on group membership”), in mock imitation of a stereotypical parochial sectarian. Singular themmun is a back-formation from themmuns (plural). Compare ussun.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/themmun