A book on the speech of Northern England published in 1825 equates crack with "chat, conversation, news". The context involving "news" and "gossip" originated in Northern English and Scots. A sense of crack found in Northern England and Scotland meaning "conversation" or "news" produces expressions such as "What's the crack?", meaning "how are you?" or "have you any news?", similar to "what's up?", "how's it going?", or "what's the word?" in other regions.
The word crack is derived from the Middle English crak, meaning "loud conversation, bragging talk". Under either spelling, the term has attracted popularity and significance in Ireland. The word has an unusual history the Scots and English crack was borrowed into Irish as craic in the mid-20th century and the Irish spelling was then reborrowed into English. It is often used with the definite article – the craic – as in the expression "What's the craic?" (meaning "How are you?" or "What's happening?"). Look up craic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.Ĭraic ( / k r æ k/ KRAK) or crack is a term for news, gossip, fun, entertainment, and enjoyable conversation, particularly prominent in Ireland.
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