Post by Woody on May 8, 2006 9:24:24 GMT -5
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Ma Your mother
Mad out of it Pronounced - 'maarouavi', meaning out of one's mind on ecstacy
Mad Yolk A headcase, a looper
Maggoty Means filthy as in maggoty dirty or drunk as in he was maggoty
Man on Football term as in man on your house watch your back you are about to be battered from behind
Mahnerna Loose & attractive woman (blonde) dressed in full tracksuit, trainers with over-sized gold earings. (mahnerna bird)
Manky More than a trifle drunk
Marley A spliff, as in 'billin' a Marley'
Massif Meaning gorgeous
Massivest The most massive or the best at whatever it is being talked about
Massy Fantastic, as in Massive
Mauldy Dreadful or abhorrent
Me Bollix Thats rubbish, shite etc
Meat Wagon Garda Transit Van
Me back teeth are floating I need to use the jax
Me hole As in - me arse
Me ould flower An endearment
Me aul'd segotia Endearing greeting to an old friend.
Melter A person with very annoying tendencies. Used in the context "He's a Bleedin Melter!"
Meltin' me Head 'That is really annoying me' - Also see Melter
Met Met Comes from muppet 'go on ya met met'(Tallaforina saying)
Mickeydazzler Show off/wide boy
Micky dodger Nun
Mickey munk Drunk
Mill A fight
Mince pies Eyes
Minerals Pronounced minnerdles - carbonated drink.
Minger Very ugly lady
Mingin Rotten, crap etc
Mingin Smelly
Minky-Sham A Dublin Jackeen Knacker!
Mitching To Mitch. Absenting oneself from school, playing truant.
Mitching Absenting oneself from school; playing truant.
Mite (n.) Alternative term for an eejit or muppet.
Mi wadi Body
Mockie Plain clothes policeman. Originated in the north inner city to describe members of an adhoc drug squad working from store street garda station in the mid eighties
Monback The assistant to the driver on a lorry (usually a Guinness lorry). The origin is from helping the driver reverse, as in c'om back, c'om back. (Brilliant. Best one yet! ED)
Monkeys paw Draw
Monto As in "take me up to Monto or Monto Town. Hardly used in conversation? ED)
Mooch To try and seduce a woman
Mook Contemporary version of "ludramaìn", which means Big Eejet
Moss peat Means sweet
Mot Means girlfirend, and pronounced Moh!!
Moth or mot Meaning girlfriend or wife. I have to conflicting sources for the word. First and in my experience most widely accepted from "maith an cailin"(excuse the grammar) second possible origin is a middle dutch word meaning prostitute.
Mot Apparently originates from the word MATE and can be either male or female.
Mouldy Dreadful or abhorrent
muc shoveler Culchie
Muck Crap, Brutal.
Mucka Person from the country as in mucksavage
Muckrake Culchie, some from out side the Pale
Mucksavage Disparaging name for someone from outside Dublin particularly rural people.
Mugging the head Kissing, ie "I was mugging the head off of her"
Mugly A discription of a ugly person half animal half human
Mullah Any Person living Outside of Dublin
Mullet Dodgy 80's haircut
Muppet 1. A gobshite.
2. BOY / GIRL clones, You know who you are..., you can usually identify them, by their high pitched laugh, and suffocatingly tight clothing....(whcih I 'm convinced has something got to do with the high pitched laugh ?? )
Mutt's nuts Great, excellent, dog's bollocks
Mushed Means badly stoned off the bracket
N
Naavo A word screamed whilst scutting on the back of an artic to annoy the driver and make him drive faster, crazy or what?
Nacaragua Place full of knackers
Nacaragued Meaning to be tired
Nads i.e a kick in the nads. See also balls, testies...
Napper A tea bag
Nasty Rash Hash
Nat King Cole Hole as in "I got me Nat King Cole" (See Hole)
Ned Kelly Meaning belly
New threads Meaning new outfit, clothes
Nipper Small child, kid, chisler.
Nixer As in doing a nixer tonight - side job
Noddies A female's two best assets
Noggin Your head.
Not the full shilling Nuts (as in made). Someone is not the full shilling.
Not too shabby As a response to "How are you ?", Meaing not too bad.
O
O An shorter version of baco, heard towards the end of the day when baco becomes too much to chant
1s and 2s Shoes
Off me face I was on drugs ,so therefore wasted did not know what I was doing.Usually used in court when someone is about to be charged
Off me rocker Being very drunk, a bit crazy needing pschyiatric help
Off me tits Was on drugs or drunk wasted.
Off the banger Means drunk
Off your trolly Mad, nuts, crazy
On the hop See mitching
One an' one Fish and chips
One bagger Description of ugly girl having just slept with her - as in: she was so ugly I had to put a bag on her head. See Two Bagger
Ossified Drunk
Out of me bracket To be drunk
Outa me trolley Scuttered (drunk)
Out of your box Smashed, f**ked up, locked,drunk
Oxter Armpit
P
Pad Gaff, house, flat, apt
Parish bull Refers to young man with many partners
Pedal & Crank To amuse one's self
Peggie Dell The smell
Persian rugs Drugs
Philly Means a great chap altogether
Pie and trash Hash, blow
Pigs ear Queer / Gay Person!
Pillet Means pillow
Piss Artist A drunkard
Pissy Eyed Very drunk
Plant a big tree Go for a pee
Pleb From plebeian, a coarse or vulgar person...more south Dublinese!!
Polleywallyed A form of sex
Pony & trap Crap
Pooley bag An undesirable item/person/state of affairs
Potter To go for a strole
Powerkip A light nap or snooze in the afternoon after a few pints
Possin' wet Soaking wet, generally after being caught in the rain
Poxbottle Exclamation of disgust or annoyance, used when something goes wrong
Poxbottle See sap
Poxed Very worn out
Poxy Lousy
Prenderville General name used when addressing someone whose name you don't know and yer just guessin'
Pucker Are you skinning up a Pucker?
Pucks of Lots of
Puddeners Pregnant
Punjabs Boobs
Put the mockers on To jinx something
Q
Quare wan Odd person, usually a woman.
R
Rack Breasts. "Would ye look at the rack on her"
Rafter Rhyming Slang for "see you after/Later", A term that derives from the Austrailian tennis star "Pat Rafter" which rhymes with "After".
Rapa Brilliant or Excellent
Rapa Rapid, as in very good. Often combined with Massy - Massy Rapa
Rapid Same as deadly..meaning brilliant
Rat Arsed V.V. Drunk, manky drunk.
Rats! Meaning rats bollox
Rashers As in going rashers - he went bleedin rashers - very annoyed.
Raspberry Ripples Meaning nipples, as in look at her punjabs and the size of her raspberry ripples.
Raz ma taz Meaning on the piss, having one too many drinks with your friends
Red fella or red one Referring in conversation to someone with ginger or red hair
Redneck Peasant, culchie
Redner To blush.
Ride Term applied to sexually active young lady.
Reef To pull strongly "he reefed it "
Ren Meant to be run. "I ren down the street"
Rev the engine Amuse yourself
Ripped Off 1) Boyfriend / Girlfriend was with someone else. 2) Didn't get value for money e.g. was charged too much!
Rock and roll Dole, welfare, unemployment
Roger Moore Whore
Rosie Lee Cup of tea!
Ros Pot A horrible looking girl
Roses Means good
Rossie Joycean origin. Young female street urchin
Rogue trader An undesirable person
Roper A dodgy working class Dublin male
Rozzers The police
Rozziner Hair off the dog, cure
Rubber Meaning very drunk
Rub a dub Pub,bar
Rubber hump Someone doin yer head in
Rydin As in to ryde, to engage in sex
Safe Trendy or nice
Sap Lowly gickna. Usually spat out with venom, "Yeh bleeeeedin' SAP, yeh!"
Sap Someone stupid according to a scumbag- 'wharya sayin ye bleedin' sap'
Savage Great, Brilliant
Scabby To be tight-fisted
Scaldy Not up to scratch i.e Poxy
Scaldy Bastard A narky fecker (or an uptight person if you prefer)
Scarlet To blush, t is not pronounced - scarle'
Schekills Money for drinking
Schkobe Wannabe tough guy/knacker generally comes from Stillorgan/Blackrock. Similar in spelling to Skobe, which refers to an annoying but tough kid, but with the add "ch" to show you're taking the piss
Schloo Alcoholic drink
Scobie An nickname that fits all when you cannot think of the person's name.
Scoops A few drinks
Score, back door 20 pound
Scorpy Jocks A hotheaded or irritable person. "Alrigh, relax the cax there scorpy jocks!"
Scouldy Disgusting. Appears to be a hybrid of 'scummy' and 'mouldy'. Pronounced: Skow-el-dee
Scrap Fight, usually a schoolyard fight
Scratch Someone who's a waste of space
Scratcher Either your bed or on the dole
Screed He hadn't a screed on him (he was wearing nothing)
Scrubber Bad girl
Scut As in 'ya little scut ya'
Scut Also means to hitch a lift on the back of a lorry or van
Scuts Diarrohea as in having "a dose of the scuts"
Scutter Diarrhoea
Scuttered Drunk
Scuttin To scut. Hanging off of the back of a moving vehicle. Great fun in the old days because the vehicle was usually a horse drawn cart.
Shades Cops, garda, law.
Shades I would argue that shades [cops] is a term used by the travelling community. I have never heard it used otherwise
She's a boot Used to describe an unattractive girl
Shaper A poser. As in "Check ouh yer man throwin' shapes. Bleeeeedin' shaper."
Shiffty Rapit or rapid (very good)
Shinner A member of Sinn Féin
Shirt lifter As in gay "he's a bit of a shirt lifter"
Shitehound An unworthy person
Shoibag A person who is not liked by the caller
Shoitin' on Rambling in a nonsensical manner
Shower Derogatory refers to a group of people e.g. That shagging shower!! Or You’re all a shower of
Shurrupouada Used in phrase such as: 'shurrupouada ye bleedin' muppet ye! - Could you please stop taking rubbish you idiot
Shwan Abbreviation of "nice one" used when accepting something that pleases you
Shyte Same a shit but pronounciation is almost unique to Dubliners...
Silkey An individual of either innercity or Dublin corporation estate origin, with a liking for Acrylic Track suits.
Skanger A loose ugly women
Skanger A lowlife.
Skanky Smelly
Sketch The cry of the "lookout man" when danger impends.
Sketch the pigeon Meaning here's the law
Skiddeleys Y fronts with suspicious skid mark on inside
Skin A good friend
Skin and blister Sister
Skin diver As in a fiver....five pound note
Skins Cigarette papers
Skint As in 'I'm skint' or flat broke or no money left
Skivvy Slave / Maid
Skobe Annoying little tough kid, what schkobes aspire to.
Skritten "she's bleedin skritten, she is..."
Sky Diver 5 pound (Euro?) note. Usually goes into your Sky Rocket.
Sky Rocket Pocket
Slainte Means 'health' in Irish. Often used in the pub like 'cheers'.
Slapper Derogatory term for a cheap, loose woman as in 'Yer wan's a roigh slapper'.
Slash Meaning to go for a piss
Slinging Walking v.slow usually dragging feet - as in kids on way to school 'slinging' all the way.
Slump Buster A sporting term used when one is not playing the best. eg Jaysus I should have gone slump busting last night. ie. ride a fat bird to remove oneself from a slump!
Slurry Muncher Culchie
Smell of want of ye Gagging for it
Snapper Child. (Sometimes preceded by 'bread/ankle')
Some Jonner A bloke you don't know ie "Some Jonner robbed me bleedin' pint"
Sooders Boobs
Sound as a bell/pound Good
Spa Sad person in general/stuped person!
Spa Someone who's a bit of a nut case
Spanner See Gobshite
Spanner See Spoon (When one makes a right fool of themselves in front of the best looking fella/bird in the room)
Spend a Penny Go to the toilet
Spondoolics Money
Spoon When one makes a right fool of themselves in front of the best looking fella/bird in the room
Sprog Baby or small child (usually not legitimate)
Sprog A kid
Stall d ball Holdup a second
Stall it for us Pronouced "stall i' for uuus" meaning "wait for me"
Stamps "Gizza jaysus lend of a few blaydin stamps willya head"
Starry!! Story! Whats the story! Hows it going? (Good pronuniation. ED)
Steamer Homosexual
Step on me buzz Don't bring me down, as in 'don't step on me buzz man!'
Stop the Lights Stop messing, give over
Story How are you Today? Any News? Ususally said with a nasal intonation.
Storieeeeee any news ??
Spracken zee bracket Whats your buzz
Steamer Yet another phrase for gay/homosexual! not sure of the origin, but seems to be only Dublin-used.
Steamin' Extremely drunk
Steel shutters A dose of the scutters
Steeler Ball bearing used as a marble
Sticky An member of the Workers' Party
Straightner A Fight
Straightener A 'hair-of-the-dog' drink or a punch delivered square to someone's face.
Streeling Hanging off, as in limp hair, loose unbuttoned coat, untied shoelaces - or person dragging themselves along (similar to slinging)
Stroke To rob
Stuckup Bitch As in "She thinks the Sun shines out of her arse"
Suckerrrr Someone who ain't to fortunate....a bleedin suckerrrr
Sweeet Phrase used randomly in every conversation to indicate you like something. " I'm getting paid tomorrow...Sweeet!" "He fell off the chair....Sweeet!" Question:- Are you going drinking? Reply:- "F*%kin Sweeet"
Sweet Lamb-a Jaysus! Exclamation
T
Tá sé mahogony gaspipes Term used to rubbish the use of Irish (I thought this was the name of a restaurant. ED)
Takin' it ham & cheesy Taking it easy.
Tarjar Troublesome kid
Tennis racket Jacket
That's a grand cake [Nora]. Meaning a good outcome for job or win or bet.
The A-Zoo Dublin Zoo
The hack eh that "It's damn ugly"
The hillary A fire
The Norrier The North Circular Road - I'm goin' for a potter up the Norrier te go to the A-Zoo
The peggy dell off ye! You need a wash you smelly ****
Thingemebob Something you can't think of
Throne A chair
Throne The toilet bowl
Throw a sevener Throw a fit
Thrun As in threw. "They thrun water at them"
Tin (tin of fruit) A suit
Tin-roofer One who fools around - a spoofer
To lose ones Paddy, or throw a Paddy Means to have a tantrum as my old mother used to say to us when we lost our tempers.
To pull a tom and dick To go home sick.
Toaster Some one who is a bit weird
Toe-rag A scumbag.
Tom nicks Underwear
Tracker Knacker Tracksuit wearing skanger with gold sovereign rings and spots.
Trollied Mean to get drunk
Trollied Very, very drunk
Trouble n' strife Your wife, i.e. her in doors
Truck Meaning big ugly mess(person)
Try to get into As in "anto was tryin to get into that bird at the bar last night" PS. u get the general idea
Two bagger See one bagger + she was soooo ugly, I wore a bag as well just in case hers fell off
U
Undercrackers Underpants
Up the duff Pregnant
Up the pole Pregnant.
Up the spout Preggers
Up to 90 To be in a very exciteable state. As in, "Jaysus, when de gotchie snared us rapih' smashin' windys he had us all up te 90. Except Jayo cus he'd been smokin' bifters."
Usen't When one use not to be as in 'me grammar usen't to be any good'
V
Vagina Decliner He who prefers men to women, if you know wha' Oi Meeean?
Vagitarian Similar to vegitarian who only eats veggies
Viggy Someone who prevents his mates from scoring birds
Villitch The local village. Possibly of Fundalkin origin. "I'm just buzzin' up to the villitch fer some bevvies."
W
Waffle Meaning lie/not true (Not sure about that. ED)
Wagon Unpleasant lady
Wan As in Auld Wan, Young Wan, Your Wan - a female.
Wanker Meaning Waster/eegit/stupid
Watch your gaff!! Usually when your playing football
Wats da haps? Meaning "what are you doing?"
Weapon Meaning dangerous
Wearing the face of each other Wearing the face of each other - French kissing. Eg Anto and that bird were down the buzzer having a couple of scoops and they got blottoed and they were wearing the face of each other
Wedgie Schoolyard prank involving trousers and young boys
Well slap my arse and call me Roisin Phrase used when u see a cracking bird. Said loud enough so she hears and if ur luck she'll slap your arse, works well in Ayia Napa
Wha? I beg your pardon
What's da story? Very common greeting phrase meaning 'how're things going' or 'what's happening' ...I'm surprised not to have seen this one in there already....I hear this one every day!!
What's the Crack? Meaning what's going on
What's the drill?, or just drill? Same meaning as what's the story
What's the Story? Howz it going, what are ya doing, have ya any news, (cheap way of starting a conversation).
Whinge-bag One who gets all sentimental,and cries when drunk
'Who opened their lunchbox?' Meaning 'who farted?'
Whuppin' Meaning beating - used in "I'll bleedin' give ye a whuppin'"
Wigger A white guy who acts like a black person!!
Wigger Prostitute. (Not too sure about this. Is wigger not a general term for women? ED)
Wild like a badger A person who sometimes goes a bit mad, ie "he was wild like a badger"
Windit Window
Wing In the earrly 30`s used to describe a penny. side opposite to harp had a hen on it
Winged When an ecstasy user is high
Wired When an ecstasy user is high
Wot's d'story What's happening?
Wreck the head Meaning someone who you can't stand. (Surely this should be Head Wrecker? ED)
Whack Smell. "There was some whack o gargle off him"
Whore's melt Eh...insult rhymes with 'stunt'
Wide To be aware of something. 'are ya wide?'means 'do you understand'
Wild off the bracket Means mad off the game (Ah, now I see. ED)
Wollyback See Bog Warrior
Words!/Words on ye! Exclamation to remind someone to leave you the small printed words on their smoke. Afters are typically slightly larger.
Would you be well? What do they think they're up to?
Wreckin' me buzz 'You're bleedin' wreckin' me buzz, you are!' - when someone is being extremely irritating
Wrote Off Someone who is not very attractive "she's bleedin' wrote off!!"
X
Xerox As in Growin Xerox...means growing locks or sideburns
Y
Yaboyya As in 'gesup ya boy ya'...meaning well done or nice one
Yakker Someone who parttakes in the misconduct of hard drugs e.g (heroin junkie)
Ya Spanner! Meaning you fool, idiot etc.
Ye Wha'? Could you repeat that?
Ye will, yeah You won't
Yez boyz Local Dublin slang for referring to a group of males...
Yizzer dinner izready Your dinner is ready
Yokes Dublin nickname for E's
Y'know yourself You do understand me,don't you ?
Yoke Can mean almost anything - 'look at that yoke'
You're a bleedin' looper You're mad
Your man The subject of the conversation.
Your man's a good scrapper He's handy with his fists,good in a fight
Your wan's a bun in the oven She's pregnant
Yous(e)/yiz Yous know what yous means
Yoyo's: New slang for Euros
Yun'fella A boy or youth
Yun'flit Which is slang for yun'fella, which is slang for young fellow or boy
Yun'wan A young girl
Z
Zoggabongs Springy head adornments flogged by aul' wans at Christmas and football matches. Based on the antennae of RTE's twin alien socks, Zig and Zag.
Zonked Very tired, out for the count
Ma Your mother
Mad out of it Pronounced - 'maarouavi', meaning out of one's mind on ecstacy
Mad Yolk A headcase, a looper
Maggoty Means filthy as in maggoty dirty or drunk as in he was maggoty
Man on Football term as in man on your house watch your back you are about to be battered from behind
Mahnerna Loose & attractive woman (blonde) dressed in full tracksuit, trainers with over-sized gold earings. (mahnerna bird)
Manky More than a trifle drunk
Marley A spliff, as in 'billin' a Marley'
Massif Meaning gorgeous
Massivest The most massive or the best at whatever it is being talked about
Massy Fantastic, as in Massive
Mauldy Dreadful or abhorrent
Me Bollix Thats rubbish, shite etc
Meat Wagon Garda Transit Van
Me back teeth are floating I need to use the jax
Me hole As in - me arse
Me ould flower An endearment
Me aul'd segotia Endearing greeting to an old friend.
Melter A person with very annoying tendencies. Used in the context "He's a Bleedin Melter!"
Meltin' me Head 'That is really annoying me' - Also see Melter
Met Met Comes from muppet 'go on ya met met'(Tallaforina saying)
Mickeydazzler Show off/wide boy
Micky dodger Nun
Mickey munk Drunk
Mill A fight
Mince pies Eyes
Minerals Pronounced minnerdles - carbonated drink.
Minger Very ugly lady
Mingin Rotten, crap etc
Mingin Smelly
Minky-Sham A Dublin Jackeen Knacker!
Mitching To Mitch. Absenting oneself from school, playing truant.
Mitching Absenting oneself from school; playing truant.
Mite (n.) Alternative term for an eejit or muppet.
Mi wadi Body
Mockie Plain clothes policeman. Originated in the north inner city to describe members of an adhoc drug squad working from store street garda station in the mid eighties
Monback The assistant to the driver on a lorry (usually a Guinness lorry). The origin is from helping the driver reverse, as in c'om back, c'om back. (Brilliant. Best one yet! ED)
Monkeys paw Draw
Monto As in "take me up to Monto or Monto Town. Hardly used in conversation? ED)
Mooch To try and seduce a woman
Mook Contemporary version of "ludramaìn", which means Big Eejet
Moss peat Means sweet
Mot Means girlfirend, and pronounced Moh!!
Moth or mot Meaning girlfriend or wife. I have to conflicting sources for the word. First and in my experience most widely accepted from "maith an cailin"(excuse the grammar) second possible origin is a middle dutch word meaning prostitute.
Mot Apparently originates from the word MATE and can be either male or female.
Mouldy Dreadful or abhorrent
muc shoveler Culchie
Muck Crap, Brutal.
Mucka Person from the country as in mucksavage
Muckrake Culchie, some from out side the Pale
Mucksavage Disparaging name for someone from outside Dublin particularly rural people.
Mugging the head Kissing, ie "I was mugging the head off of her"
Mugly A discription of a ugly person half animal half human
Mullah Any Person living Outside of Dublin
Mullet Dodgy 80's haircut
Muppet 1. A gobshite.
2. BOY / GIRL clones, You know who you are..., you can usually identify them, by their high pitched laugh, and suffocatingly tight clothing....(whcih I 'm convinced has something got to do with the high pitched laugh ?? )
Mutt's nuts Great, excellent, dog's bollocks
Mushed Means badly stoned off the bracket
N
Naavo A word screamed whilst scutting on the back of an artic to annoy the driver and make him drive faster, crazy or what?
Nacaragua Place full of knackers
Nacaragued Meaning to be tired
Nads i.e a kick in the nads. See also balls, testies...
Napper A tea bag
Nasty Rash Hash
Nat King Cole Hole as in "I got me Nat King Cole" (See Hole)
Ned Kelly Meaning belly
New threads Meaning new outfit, clothes
Nipper Small child, kid, chisler.
Nixer As in doing a nixer tonight - side job
Noddies A female's two best assets
Noggin Your head.
Not the full shilling Nuts (as in made). Someone is not the full shilling.
Not too shabby As a response to "How are you ?", Meaing not too bad.
O
O An shorter version of baco, heard towards the end of the day when baco becomes too much to chant
1s and 2s Shoes
Off me face I was on drugs ,so therefore wasted did not know what I was doing.Usually used in court when someone is about to be charged
Off me rocker Being very drunk, a bit crazy needing pschyiatric help
Off me tits Was on drugs or drunk wasted.
Off the banger Means drunk
Off your trolly Mad, nuts, crazy
On the hop See mitching
One an' one Fish and chips
One bagger Description of ugly girl having just slept with her - as in: she was so ugly I had to put a bag on her head. See Two Bagger
Ossified Drunk
Out of me bracket To be drunk
Outa me trolley Scuttered (drunk)
Out of your box Smashed, f**ked up, locked,drunk
Oxter Armpit
P
Pad Gaff, house, flat, apt
Parish bull Refers to young man with many partners
Pedal & Crank To amuse one's self
Peggie Dell The smell
Persian rugs Drugs
Philly Means a great chap altogether
Pie and trash Hash, blow
Pigs ear Queer / Gay Person!
Pillet Means pillow
Piss Artist A drunkard
Pissy Eyed Very drunk
Plant a big tree Go for a pee
Pleb From plebeian, a coarse or vulgar person...more south Dublinese!!
Polleywallyed A form of sex
Pony & trap Crap
Pooley bag An undesirable item/person/state of affairs
Potter To go for a strole
Powerkip A light nap or snooze in the afternoon after a few pints
Possin' wet Soaking wet, generally after being caught in the rain
Poxbottle Exclamation of disgust or annoyance, used when something goes wrong
Poxbottle See sap
Poxed Very worn out
Poxy Lousy
Prenderville General name used when addressing someone whose name you don't know and yer just guessin'
Pucker Are you skinning up a Pucker?
Pucks of Lots of
Puddeners Pregnant
Punjabs Boobs
Put the mockers on To jinx something
Q
Quare wan Odd person, usually a woman.
R
Rack Breasts. "Would ye look at the rack on her"
Rafter Rhyming Slang for "see you after/Later", A term that derives from the Austrailian tennis star "Pat Rafter" which rhymes with "After".
Rapa Brilliant or Excellent
Rapa Rapid, as in very good. Often combined with Massy - Massy Rapa
Rapid Same as deadly..meaning brilliant
Rat Arsed V.V. Drunk, manky drunk.
Rats! Meaning rats bollox
Rashers As in going rashers - he went bleedin rashers - very annoyed.
Raspberry Ripples Meaning nipples, as in look at her punjabs and the size of her raspberry ripples.
Raz ma taz Meaning on the piss, having one too many drinks with your friends
Red fella or red one Referring in conversation to someone with ginger or red hair
Redneck Peasant, culchie
Redner To blush.
Ride Term applied to sexually active young lady.
Reef To pull strongly "he reefed it "
Ren Meant to be run. "I ren down the street"
Rev the engine Amuse yourself
Ripped Off 1) Boyfriend / Girlfriend was with someone else. 2) Didn't get value for money e.g. was charged too much!
Rock and roll Dole, welfare, unemployment
Roger Moore Whore
Rosie Lee Cup of tea!
Ros Pot A horrible looking girl
Roses Means good
Rossie Joycean origin. Young female street urchin
Rogue trader An undesirable person
Roper A dodgy working class Dublin male
Rozzers The police
Rozziner Hair off the dog, cure
Rubber Meaning very drunk
Rub a dub Pub,bar
Rubber hump Someone doin yer head in
Rydin As in to ryde, to engage in sex
Safe Trendy or nice
Sap Lowly gickna. Usually spat out with venom, "Yeh bleeeeedin' SAP, yeh!"
Sap Someone stupid according to a scumbag- 'wharya sayin ye bleedin' sap'
Savage Great, Brilliant
Scabby To be tight-fisted
Scaldy Not up to scratch i.e Poxy
Scaldy Bastard A narky fecker (or an uptight person if you prefer)
Scarlet To blush, t is not pronounced - scarle'
Schekills Money for drinking
Schkobe Wannabe tough guy/knacker generally comes from Stillorgan/Blackrock. Similar in spelling to Skobe, which refers to an annoying but tough kid, but with the add "ch" to show you're taking the piss
Schloo Alcoholic drink
Scobie An nickname that fits all when you cannot think of the person's name.
Scoops A few drinks
Score, back door 20 pound
Scorpy Jocks A hotheaded or irritable person. "Alrigh, relax the cax there scorpy jocks!"
Scouldy Disgusting. Appears to be a hybrid of 'scummy' and 'mouldy'. Pronounced: Skow-el-dee
Scrap Fight, usually a schoolyard fight
Scratch Someone who's a waste of space
Scratcher Either your bed or on the dole
Screed He hadn't a screed on him (he was wearing nothing)
Scrubber Bad girl
Scut As in 'ya little scut ya'
Scut Also means to hitch a lift on the back of a lorry or van
Scuts Diarrohea as in having "a dose of the scuts"
Scutter Diarrhoea
Scuttered Drunk
Scuttin To scut. Hanging off of the back of a moving vehicle. Great fun in the old days because the vehicle was usually a horse drawn cart.
Shades Cops, garda, law.
Shades I would argue that shades [cops] is a term used by the travelling community. I have never heard it used otherwise
She's a boot Used to describe an unattractive girl
Shaper A poser. As in "Check ouh yer man throwin' shapes. Bleeeeedin' shaper."
Shiffty Rapit or rapid (very good)
Shinner A member of Sinn Féin
Shirt lifter As in gay "he's a bit of a shirt lifter"
Shitehound An unworthy person
Shoibag A person who is not liked by the caller
Shoitin' on Rambling in a nonsensical manner
Shower Derogatory refers to a group of people e.g. That shagging shower!! Or You’re all a shower of
Shurrupouada Used in phrase such as: 'shurrupouada ye bleedin' muppet ye! - Could you please stop taking rubbish you idiot
Shwan Abbreviation of "nice one" used when accepting something that pleases you
Shyte Same a shit but pronounciation is almost unique to Dubliners...
Silkey An individual of either innercity or Dublin corporation estate origin, with a liking for Acrylic Track suits.
Skanger A loose ugly women
Skanger A lowlife.
Skanky Smelly
Sketch The cry of the "lookout man" when danger impends.
Sketch the pigeon Meaning here's the law
Skiddeleys Y fronts with suspicious skid mark on inside
Skin A good friend
Skin and blister Sister
Skin diver As in a fiver....five pound note
Skins Cigarette papers
Skint As in 'I'm skint' or flat broke or no money left
Skivvy Slave / Maid
Skobe Annoying little tough kid, what schkobes aspire to.
Skritten "she's bleedin skritten, she is..."
Sky Diver 5 pound (Euro?) note. Usually goes into your Sky Rocket.
Sky Rocket Pocket
Slainte Means 'health' in Irish. Often used in the pub like 'cheers'.
Slapper Derogatory term for a cheap, loose woman as in 'Yer wan's a roigh slapper'.
Slash Meaning to go for a piss
Slinging Walking v.slow usually dragging feet - as in kids on way to school 'slinging' all the way.
Slump Buster A sporting term used when one is not playing the best. eg Jaysus I should have gone slump busting last night. ie. ride a fat bird to remove oneself from a slump!
Slurry Muncher Culchie
Smell of want of ye Gagging for it
Snapper Child. (Sometimes preceded by 'bread/ankle')
Some Jonner A bloke you don't know ie "Some Jonner robbed me bleedin' pint"
Sooders Boobs
Sound as a bell/pound Good
Spa Sad person in general/stuped person!
Spa Someone who's a bit of a nut case
Spanner See Gobshite
Spanner See Spoon (When one makes a right fool of themselves in front of the best looking fella/bird in the room)
Spend a Penny Go to the toilet
Spondoolics Money
Spoon When one makes a right fool of themselves in front of the best looking fella/bird in the room
Sprog Baby or small child (usually not legitimate)
Sprog A kid
Stall d ball Holdup a second
Stall it for us Pronouced "stall i' for uuus" meaning "wait for me"
Stamps "Gizza jaysus lend of a few blaydin stamps willya head"
Starry!! Story! Whats the story! Hows it going? (Good pronuniation. ED)
Steamer Homosexual
Step on me buzz Don't bring me down, as in 'don't step on me buzz man!'
Stop the Lights Stop messing, give over
Story How are you Today? Any News? Ususally said with a nasal intonation.
Storieeeeee any news ??
Spracken zee bracket Whats your buzz
Steamer Yet another phrase for gay/homosexual! not sure of the origin, but seems to be only Dublin-used.
Steamin' Extremely drunk
Steel shutters A dose of the scutters
Steeler Ball bearing used as a marble
Sticky An member of the Workers' Party
Straightner A Fight
Straightener A 'hair-of-the-dog' drink or a punch delivered square to someone's face.
Streeling Hanging off, as in limp hair, loose unbuttoned coat, untied shoelaces - or person dragging themselves along (similar to slinging)
Stroke To rob
Stuckup Bitch As in "She thinks the Sun shines out of her arse"
Suckerrrr Someone who ain't to fortunate....a bleedin suckerrrr
Sweeet Phrase used randomly in every conversation to indicate you like something. " I'm getting paid tomorrow...Sweeet!" "He fell off the chair....Sweeet!" Question:- Are you going drinking? Reply:- "F*%kin Sweeet"
Sweet Lamb-a Jaysus! Exclamation
T
Tá sé mahogony gaspipes Term used to rubbish the use of Irish (I thought this was the name of a restaurant. ED)
Takin' it ham & cheesy Taking it easy.
Tarjar Troublesome kid
Tennis racket Jacket
That's a grand cake [Nora]. Meaning a good outcome for job or win or bet.
The A-Zoo Dublin Zoo
The hack eh that "It's damn ugly"
The hillary A fire
The Norrier The North Circular Road - I'm goin' for a potter up the Norrier te go to the A-Zoo
The peggy dell off ye! You need a wash you smelly ****
Thingemebob Something you can't think of
Throne A chair
Throne The toilet bowl
Throw a sevener Throw a fit
Thrun As in threw. "They thrun water at them"
Tin (tin of fruit) A suit
Tin-roofer One who fools around - a spoofer
To lose ones Paddy, or throw a Paddy Means to have a tantrum as my old mother used to say to us when we lost our tempers.
To pull a tom and dick To go home sick.
Toaster Some one who is a bit weird
Toe-rag A scumbag.
Tom nicks Underwear
Tracker Knacker Tracksuit wearing skanger with gold sovereign rings and spots.
Trollied Mean to get drunk
Trollied Very, very drunk
Trouble n' strife Your wife, i.e. her in doors
Truck Meaning big ugly mess(person)
Try to get into As in "anto was tryin to get into that bird at the bar last night" PS. u get the general idea
Two bagger See one bagger + she was soooo ugly, I wore a bag as well just in case hers fell off
U
Undercrackers Underpants
Up the duff Pregnant
Up the pole Pregnant.
Up the spout Preggers
Up to 90 To be in a very exciteable state. As in, "Jaysus, when de gotchie snared us rapih' smashin' windys he had us all up te 90. Except Jayo cus he'd been smokin' bifters."
Usen't When one use not to be as in 'me grammar usen't to be any good'
V
Vagina Decliner He who prefers men to women, if you know wha' Oi Meeean?
Vagitarian Similar to vegitarian who only eats veggies
Viggy Someone who prevents his mates from scoring birds
Villitch The local village. Possibly of Fundalkin origin. "I'm just buzzin' up to the villitch fer some bevvies."
W
Waffle Meaning lie/not true (Not sure about that. ED)
Wagon Unpleasant lady
Wan As in Auld Wan, Young Wan, Your Wan - a female.
Wanker Meaning Waster/eegit/stupid
Watch your gaff!! Usually when your playing football
Wats da haps? Meaning "what are you doing?"
Weapon Meaning dangerous
Wearing the face of each other Wearing the face of each other - French kissing. Eg Anto and that bird were down the buzzer having a couple of scoops and they got blottoed and they were wearing the face of each other
Wedgie Schoolyard prank involving trousers and young boys
Well slap my arse and call me Roisin Phrase used when u see a cracking bird. Said loud enough so she hears and if ur luck she'll slap your arse, works well in Ayia Napa
Wha? I beg your pardon
What's da story? Very common greeting phrase meaning 'how're things going' or 'what's happening' ...I'm surprised not to have seen this one in there already....I hear this one every day!!
What's the Crack? Meaning what's going on
What's the drill?, or just drill? Same meaning as what's the story
What's the Story? Howz it going, what are ya doing, have ya any news, (cheap way of starting a conversation).
Whinge-bag One who gets all sentimental,and cries when drunk
'Who opened their lunchbox?' Meaning 'who farted?'
Whuppin' Meaning beating - used in "I'll bleedin' give ye a whuppin'"
Wigger A white guy who acts like a black person!!
Wigger Prostitute. (Not too sure about this. Is wigger not a general term for women? ED)
Wild like a badger A person who sometimes goes a bit mad, ie "he was wild like a badger"
Windit Window
Wing In the earrly 30`s used to describe a penny. side opposite to harp had a hen on it
Winged When an ecstasy user is high
Wired When an ecstasy user is high
Wot's d'story What's happening?
Wreck the head Meaning someone who you can't stand. (Surely this should be Head Wrecker? ED)
Whack Smell. "There was some whack o gargle off him"
Whore's melt Eh...insult rhymes with 'stunt'
Wide To be aware of something. 'are ya wide?'means 'do you understand'
Wild off the bracket Means mad off the game (Ah, now I see. ED)
Wollyback See Bog Warrior
Words!/Words on ye! Exclamation to remind someone to leave you the small printed words on their smoke. Afters are typically slightly larger.
Would you be well? What do they think they're up to?
Wreckin' me buzz 'You're bleedin' wreckin' me buzz, you are!' - when someone is being extremely irritating
Wrote Off Someone who is not very attractive "she's bleedin' wrote off!!"
X
Xerox As in Growin Xerox...means growing locks or sideburns
Y
Yaboyya As in 'gesup ya boy ya'...meaning well done or nice one
Yakker Someone who parttakes in the misconduct of hard drugs e.g (heroin junkie)
Ya Spanner! Meaning you fool, idiot etc.
Ye Wha'? Could you repeat that?
Ye will, yeah You won't
Yez boyz Local Dublin slang for referring to a group of males...
Yizzer dinner izready Your dinner is ready
Yokes Dublin nickname for E's
Y'know yourself You do understand me,don't you ?
Yoke Can mean almost anything - 'look at that yoke'
You're a bleedin' looper You're mad
Your man The subject of the conversation.
Your man's a good scrapper He's handy with his fists,good in a fight
Your wan's a bun in the oven She's pregnant
Yous(e)/yiz Yous know what yous means
Yoyo's: New slang for Euros
Yun'fella A boy or youth
Yun'flit Which is slang for yun'fella, which is slang for young fellow or boy
Yun'wan A young girl
Z
Zoggabongs Springy head adornments flogged by aul' wans at Christmas and football matches. Based on the antennae of RTE's twin alien socks, Zig and Zag.
Zonked Very tired, out for the count
