Inter Cert
English
editNoun
editInter Cert (plural Inter Certs)
- (Ireland, slang) Clipping of Intermediate Certificate.
- 2018 August 8, Ruth Illingworth, A 1950s Irish Childhood: From Catapults to Communion Medals, The History Press, →ISBN:
- The majority of pupils in both secondary and vocational schools left after the Inter Cert. An Inter Cert was enough to secure a job in the Civil Service. Those who remained until the Leaving Cert were a truly privileged minority.
- (Ireland, slang, dated) A student in their 3rd or 4th year of secondary school.
Usage notes
editIn almost every register this term is preferred over the full term 'Intermediate Certificate'.