Prod (slang for Protestant)
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Prod or proddy is a shortened name for Protestant. Generally used in everyday speech to denote that someone or some thing is of Protestant origin or background, it is sometimes used in a derisive way by Republicans or Nationalists. It is most commonly used in Ireland and Scotland, though usage is not limited to those regions.
It is sometimes used by non-Irish Catholics in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States in areas where significant numbers of both religious backgrounds are present. Is is sometimes used in Australian catholic schools by children along with the phrase "proddy dog".
The term is not used exclusively to denote adherence to Christianity. Often it is used by way of implying adherence to the political ideology of Irish unionism, or loyalism, or simply those who have been born in the Protestant tradition, whether or not they agree with unionism or their 'birth' religion. The term hun is also often used by Nationalists and Republicans as a somewhat more insulting form of 'prod'.
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