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irish slang (me procrastinating)
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J'adore le paissons
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irish slang (me procrastinating)
hey guys!
Right so I was stumbling and came across a page with Irish slang words, alot I use and alot I don't but people from towns near by do, different places have different words they do and don't use. Anyway I thought I would add it here and expand on it and put an * beside words I actually use so you can see how I talk. By the way I should be studying but procrastination is always more interesting haha!
Origional page: http://www.dublin1850.com/general/4mymofo.html

Word or phrase
	
	
Example
	
	
	
	
	
Meaning

Acting the maggot
	
He was just acting the maggot as usual
	
	
Behaving foolishly, annoyingly
Bags
	
	
	
He made a bags of doing it
	
	
	
Messy inadequate job (see hames)
*Banjaxed
	
	
It was banjaxed beyond all help
	
	
Broken, can also mean tired
*Bold
	
	
	
You are a very bold boy
	
	
	
Naughty
	

*Crack, craic
	
	
Wee had great craic that night
	
	
	
Hard to translate, roughly meaning fun
Culchies
	
	
The culchies were all over the place
	
	
Rural people, usually used disparagingly by city people
Cute hoor
	
	
I always knew he was a cute hoor
	
	
Untrustworthy male person, often a politician
*Desperate
	
	
The place is in a desperate state
	
	
Bad, needing attention
Drawers
	
	
Her drawers were the size of Cork
	
	
Knickers, panties
*Eat the head off
	
I'll eat the head off her
	
	
	
Attack verbally
*Eejit
	
	
	
You're a right eejit
	
	
	
	
Idiot, fool
*Fair play
	
	
Fair play to you
	
	
	
	
Indicates approval of someone's actions or opinions
*Feck
	
	
	
Feck off, fecking thing, feck-all
	
	
Polite(-ish) version of other F word
Fella
	
	
	
Come here young fella
	
	
	
	
Male person, also used for boyfriend
*Flitters
	
	
The dog left the shirt in flitters
	
	
Tatters
Fluthered
	
	
He was fluthered again
	
	
	
	
Drunk
Foostering
	
	
Just foostering about
	
	
	
	
Not getting much done, fussing
*Full shilling
	
	
He's not the full shilling
	
	
	
Mentally competent
*Gas
	
	
	
Wee had a bit of gas that day
	
	
	
Fun, enjoyment
*Giving out
	
	
The teacher was always giving out to the class
	
Scolding.
*Gob
	
	
	
He never shuts his gob
	
	
	
	
Mouth
*Gobdaw/ Gobchocolatee
	
That fella's a right gobdaw
	
	
	
Fool, idiot
Gom
	
	
	
You're just acting the gom
	
	
	
Fool, idiot
Guff
	
	
	
Don't give me any of your guff
	
	
	
Idle talk or excuses
Gur
	
	
	
He's been on gur since Saturday
	
	
Staying away from home, usually a child
Hames
	
	
	
You made a terrible hames of that
	
	
Messy inadequate job (see bags)
Header
	
	
	
Keep away from that header
	
	
	
Mentally unstable person
Holliers
	
	
Two weeks holliers for me
	
	
	
Holidays, vacation time
Holy show
	
	
You made a holy show of yourself
	
	
Spectacle
Hop
	
	
	
He's been on the hop since Tuesday
	
	
Playing truant from school
Horse's hoof
	
	
That's a bit of a horse's hoof I think
	
	
Spoof, exaggerated story
Hump off
	
	
Would you ever hump off?
	
	
	
Go away, leave me alone
Jackeens
	
	
The jackeens think they're smart
	
	
Dublin person, usually used disparagingly by culchies
Jacks
	
	
	
I'm just off to the jacks
	
	
	
Toilet, restroom
Jaded
	
	
	
Wee're all jaded after it
	
	
	
Tired, exhausted
Kibosh
	
	
	
He put the kibosh on it
	
	
	
Added the last straw, completely banjaxed something
Langered/Langers
	
Wee were all langers
	
	
	
	
Drunk
Letting on
	
	
I was just letting on
	
	
	
	
Pretending
Mary Hick
	
	
That dress is really Mary Hick
	
	
	
Unfashionable, drab
Messages
	
	
I have to get the messages
	
	
	
Groceries
*Mooching
	
	
He's mooching again for money
	
	
	
Sponging, almost begging
Mot
	
	
	
Have you got a mot?
	
	
	
	
Girlfriend
*One
	
	
	
Some oul' one told her
	
	
	
	
Female person
Pictures
	
	
Want to come to the pictures?
	
	
	
Movies, Cinema
Puck
	
	
	
He got a puck in the gob
	
	
	
Sharp blow
Puss
	
	
	
She'd a right puss on her
	
	
	
Face, usually sulky
Reddener
	
	
She took a reddener when she saw him
	
	
Blush (see Scarlet)
Reef
	
	
	
I'll reef him when I see him
	
	
	
Attack, non-verbal
Scarlet
	
	
I'm scarlet for you
	
	
	
	
Blushing, often in sympathy with a friend's reddener
Scratcher
	
	
He's always in the scratcher
	
	
	
Bed
*Scrawbed
	
	
Her face was all scrawbed
	
	
	
Scratched by fingernails
*Shook
	
	
	
He was very shook looking
	
	
	
Pale, ill, scared
*Slagging
	
	
I'm only slagging you
	
	
	
	
Making fun of someone, generally good-naturedly
Sleeveen
	
	
She's a bit of a sleeveen
	
	
	
Sly person, calculating
Stocious
	
	
He was stocious this evening
	
	
	
Drunk

ADDED:

*quare
	
	
	
that's quare bad
	
	
	
	
Very
*locked
	
	
	
man I'm locked
	
	
	
	
	
drunk
*in the horrors
	
	
man wee're in the horrors
	
	
	
drunk
*shift
	
	
	
did you get the shift?
	
	
	
	
mmm kissing I guess :S
beaor
	
	
	
she's some beaor
	
	
	
	
good looking girl
beaor
	
	
	
is that your beaor?
	
	
	
	
girlfriend
scoops
	
	
	
are you coming for a few scoops?
	
	
drinks, usually beer!
*balls
	
	
	
Well wee made a balls of that!
	
	
	
Messy inadequate job
*boss/ horse
	
	
how're you boss/ horse?
	
	
	
how are you man?
*class
	
	
	
that's class!
	
	
	
	
	
cool
wee
	
	
	
only a wee bit
	
	
	
	
	
small
*ride
	
	
	
did you get the ride?
	
	
	
	
sex
*minging
	
	
she's minging
	
	
	
	
	
horrible, ugly
*hole
	
	
	
shut your hole
	
	
	
	
	
mouth
*left footers
	
	
sure they're left footers
	
	
	
protestants

I'll try to add more as I think of them if anyone is interested... is there anything weird that you say in your country that other countries wouldn't say?[/code]


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RE: irish slang (me procrastinating)
I love slang in different parts. Some of these i use myself.

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Interesting slang used in other parts of the world.
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RE: irish slang (me procrastinating)
you forgot others

like poke = ice cream


though saying that most of those words are used up north
others are *bout Ye*

takin Da Piss

also going for a Dander

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Flitters
	
The dog left the shirt in flitters
	
Tatters

Hmmm


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(13/04/2011 06:18 PM)squee666 Wrote:  you forgot others

like poke = ice cream


though saying that most of those words are used up north
others are *bout Ye*

takin Da Piss

also going for a Dander
I have never ever heard of like poke in my life squee! bout ye is pretty much up north I think, can't remember ever hearing it down south!

also wee say gander not dander around here, I never heard anyone say dander :S


(13/04/2011 11:16 PM)Vegetano1 Wrote:  Flitters
	
The dog left the shirt in flitters
	
Tatters

Hmmm

mmm tatters would be pieces so "the dog left the shirt in pieces"!


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RE: irish slang (me procrastinating)
explaining slang with more slang

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