Irene shorthand guide
Are you short on time, but long on words?
Do you wish you could talk to Irene more tersely?
Have you ever wondered if you could construct an entire sentence with
nothing, but puns?
Well, then you've come to the right place!
Handy Notes:
Some Irene shorthands are contextual e.g. Hirene / Highrene, Tierene / Thairene so be careful with usage.
Try stringing multiple shorthands together for maximum efficiency.
e.g. Hirene Flyrene! Sighrene Whyrene? Pierene Byerene! (Hi Irene,
you're looking fly! why are you bothered? Gotta go for lunch, bye!)
Greetings
- Hirene
- Hello, Hi - "Hirene, how are your operations going?"
- Byerene
- Bye, farewell - "Byerene, I'll see you at the Donnybrook All-Hands"
Adjectives
- Shyrene
- Shy, coy - "Just tell Dan the piercing doesn't suit him, don't be Shyrene"
- Flyrene
- Fly, cool - "Nice hat, you looking Flyrene"
- Slyrene
- Cunning, deceiving - "You tricked Craig into shaving his head again, you Slyrene!"
- Dryrene
- Dry, sober - "You're Dryrene, get some Gobey Gin into ya"
- Nighrene
- Soon - "Wednesday is nighrene"
- Wryrene
- Cynical, mocking - "Don't cramp Ringo's unbridled enthusiasm Wryrene"
- Highrene
- Acting questionably - "What's wrong with you, are you Highrene?"
- Spryrene
- Active, lively - "I don't know how you have the energy Spryrene"
- Inspirine
- Making you feel strongly interested and enthusiastic, uplifting - "I'm so pumped for this third Wednesday in a row, you're inspirene!"
- Firene
- Really good - "Such a repetitive and amateur sound, this new track is firene!"
Questions
- Whyrene
- Why? - "I just don't get it! Whyrene?"
- Rhyrene
- Why, but in a Scooby-Do voice - "Rhat's rowing on Rhyrene?"
Verbs
- Buyrene
- Purchase - "The Everest merch is great, now's the time to Buyrene!"
- Cryrene
- Cry, upset - "Don't Cryrene, Ranganathan will visit again"
- Flyrene
- Fly, escape, leave - "Don't miss your flight, you better Flyrene"
- Lierene
- Lie, embellish the truth - "Just Lierene, no one will find the body"
- Spyrene
- See, observe discreetly - "What do you Spyrene?"
- Sighrene
- Disapproval - "It's Wednesday again, Sighrene"
- Pryrene
- Intrusive questioning - "Martin's bike-trail shortcut is a secret, stop asking, don't Pryrene!"
- Tryrene
- Go on, give it a go - "How do you know lighting it on fire won't work? Give it a Tryrene!"
- Dyerene
- Colour - "You should go red, just Dyerene your hair"
- Tierene
- Tie up with e.g. with rope or string - "We need to restrain Rick, grab some rope and Tierene!"
- Conspirine
- Plotting against - "We are conspirene to make every day a Wednesday"
- Requirine
- Mandatory - "Everest is requirene us all to wear silly hats"
- Perspirine
- Sweating - "Martin's bike ride has left him perspirine"
- Inquirene / Enquirene
- Asking - "I'm formally inquirene about our company policy on beer"
- Desirene
- Wanting - "I'm desirene some more coffee, because I like coffee"
- Aspirene
- Hoping - "I did my skills review and now I'm aspirene to be a better engineer"
- Expirene
- Coming to an end of life or validity - "Don't drink that milk until you check the date, it's expirene soon"
Food/Drink
- Chairene
- Spiced tea - "Relax, have some Chairene"
- Pierene
- Pie, lunch - "What's for lunch, you going to eat some Pierene?"
- Fryrene
- Fry, cook in oil - "It's Fryday, you gonna Fryrene?"
- Ryerene
- Rye Whisky - "Don't drink too much of that Ryerene"
Miscellaneous
- Styrene
- Colorless, flammable liquid, which has a sweet odor and is highly volatile - "That carton is made with Styrene"
- Myrene
- Solidarity - "Nice work, that's Myrene"
- Guyrene
- Male equivalent - "I just found a man that looks like Irene, a real Guyrene"
- Thairene
- Thailand (country/food) - "Do you want some Pad See Ew, Thairene?"
- Birene
- Double - "I'm cross-eyed and seeing Birene"
- Trirene
- Triple - "She's booked into three workshops at the same time, Trirene"
- Skyrene
- Up above - "There's a rainbow outside, look to the Skyrene!"
- Scirene
- Scientific - "What's the formula Scirene?"
- Tierene
- Wearing a tie - "Suit up! Grab your jacket and Tierene!"
- Virene
- Code editor - "Just edit your code in the terminal, use Virene"
- Wirene
- Electrical cables and circuitry - "Red marble has got into the electrical system, quick pull the wirene!"
