Cracking

Game of verbal insults; Boston's version of "the dozens."
Boston Sunday Globe, Focus section, 10/26/97.

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Craic

"Crackin'" in New England comes from the Irish word "craic," which roughly translates as "lively or joking conversation." See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craic

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