Slang
Meaning Example
word(s)
Fooling and
Acting the Stop acting
messing
Maggot the maggot
around
You got a
Severe bad dose
Bad dose
illness of it, didn’t
you
Bags (To Make a mess He made a
make a bags of doing right bags
of something) something of that
Right,
You are
Bang on Accurate,
bang on
Correct
The chair
Banjaxed Broken
is banjaxed
A pint of
the black
Black Stuff Guinness
stuff
please
Male, Come on
Boyo
Juvenile you boyo!
Brutal to Culchie:
Slang word(s) Meaning Example
It was a
Awful,
Brutal brutal
Dreadful
tackle
It is
Bucketing
Raining hard bucketing
down
down
I know you
Skip (school,
Bunk Off bunked
work)
off today
Someone He is a
Chancer who takes a real
risk chancer
Young child He was a
Chiseler (Dublin chiseler at
slang) the time
I am a
Ciotóg Left-Handed Ciotog and
proud
To pull
Cod/Codding I am only
someone’s
ya codding ya!
leg
What’s /
Fun, Gossip,
Craic Where’s
Going on’s
the craic?
Crack on Continue on, I must
Get going crack on,
lots to do
Person from
She is a
rural /
Culchie culchie
agricultural
originally
area
Cute hoor to Fair play!
Slang
Meaning Example
word(s)
Person who
quietly
He is a real
Cute hoor engineers
cute hoor
things to their
own advantage
Are you
Delighted and
Delira and delira and
Excited
Excira excira
(Dublin slang)
about it?
Brilliant,
That was a
Deadly Fantastic,
deadly film
Great
They have
Donkey’s For a very very lived there
years long time donkey’s
years
Someone not
They are a
working or is
Dosser couple of
messing about,
dosser’s
up to no good
Don’t eat
Eat the To give out to
the head
head off someone
off me
Complete fool, You are
Eejit doing such an
something silly eejit
Listening in on You were
Earwiging a private earwiging
conversation again, Yes?
He was
Effin’ and Swearing and effin’ and
Blindin’ Cursing blindin’ non
stop
Polite swear Ah just
Eff off word (for the eff off will
F word) ya
Fair play
Fair play! Well done!
mate!
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Feck Off to Get Outta That Garden!!
Slang
Meaning Example
word(s)
Feck off . . .
Go away (polite version),
. don’t be
Feck Off used to show surprise or
bothering
shock
me
Used for your guy, as in Is your fella
Fella ‘Me Fella’ going to be
partner/husband/boyfriend there?
It was a
Very Good, Great,
Fierce fierce
Excellent
performance
Fine That guy is
Good looking man or woman
thing a fine thing
The place is
Woman of dubious moral
Floozie full of
attributes
floozie’s
I was
absolutely
Fluthered Very Drunk
fluthered
last night
I will pop
Home, to have a ‘ free gaff
Gaff over to your
‘ means you are home alone
gaff later
He had a
Gammy Crooked, or odd looking
gammy leg
Take a quick
Gander Quick glance gander in
here first
He is a gas
Gas Funny or Amusing
man
Stop
Gawk To stare rudely
gawking
Get
Fun phrase used in a wud ya get
Outta
conversation to get a laugh, outta that
That
reaction garden!!!
Garden
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Grand to Kip:
Slang word(s) Meaning Example
Alot of
Uses, most We will
popular meet you
are: reply there – ”
to How are Grand “;
Grand
you, How Dinner will
are you be 10
feeling, minutes – ”
Being told Grand “
of a
decision
I made a
Complete complete
Hames/Haymes
mess haymes of
that work
Self She is a bit
Holy Joe Righteous of a holy
person joe actually
She made a
disgraceful
Holy show holy show
scene
of herself
Hi,How are
How’s she you, How’s she
cuttin’? What’s cuttin’?
news?
Howya
Howya Hi, Hello
doin’?
A rural You are a
person’s jackeen . . .
Jackeen
name for a .my
Dubliner sympathies!
I’m off to
Jacks Toilet
the jacks
We can get
Jo Maxi Taxi, Cab a jo maxi in
later
I had a
quick kip
A dump of
before
a place and
Kip dinner; It
also a
was a real
sleep
kip of a
hotel
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Knackered to Mortified:
Slang
Meaning Example
word(s)
I was
Exhausted,
Knackered completely
Tired
knackered
She was
totaly
Langers Drunk
langers last
Friday
3 meanings – It was
To rain hard, lashing out
To make an of the
Lash attempt at heavens,
something or Give it a
To go out lash or
drinking Let’s go on
the lash
Saturday
Come on,
Run away
Leg it we need to
quickly
leg it now!
He was
totally
Locked Very drunk
locked at
closing time
My hair
feels
Dirty, Flithy,
Manky manky, it
Disgusting
needs a
wash
He looks a
Moran Fool
right moran
I was
mortified
Highly
Mortified when i
Embarrassed
realised my
mistake
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Mot to Rugger Bugger:
Slang Meaning Example
word(s)
Where’s
Girlfriend
Mot your mot
(Dublin slang)
tonight?
Finding a
Very Difficult taxi was
or to really murder, I
Murder
want to do could
something murder a
Guinness
Job done for He can do it
Nixer cash to avoid as a nixer
tax for you
I don’t
Not the full think he is
Not fully sane
shilling the full
shilling
We were on
On the tear Going drinking the tear
last night
W got
Ossified Drunk
ossified
Your Father, My oul fella
Oul Fella Dad (Dublin is out at
slang) the moment
My oul dear
Oul Dear / Your Mother,
is out
Oul Wan Mom shopping
We went to
the
Pictures Movies, Film
pictures a
week ago
Puss (To Take that
have a puss Sulky face puss off
on you) your face
He is a
Someone
Rugger rugger
posh, loud and
Bugger bugger for
loves Rugby
sure
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Savage to Trinners:
Slang
Meaning Example
word(s)
It was a
Great, savage
Savage
Brilliant contest till
the end
Very I was
Scarlet
embarrassed scarlet
Shattered Exhausted After
driving, I
was
shattered
nb: Use a verb
to mean make
fun of
He was
someone in a
only
nice way oe
Slag slagging
else it has the
you, don’t
same meaning
worry
as elsewhere
ie – common
prostitute
Means Sorry Sorry, can
and also I get in
Sorry
Excuse me, there
Pardon me please
Story? What’s the
Hi, What’s
(What’s story
happening
the) Rory?
Now you
Suckin’ Now your
are suckin
diesel (Now talking, Now
diesel my
you’re) your doing well
friend!
I am living
Anywhere in
just
The Pale the region of
outside
Dublin
The Pale
He is as
Extremely
Thick thick as a
stupid
plank
They were
Show off, all
Throw
sometimes throwing
shapes
agressively shapes in
the pub
Did you go
Trinity College to Trinners
Trinners
Dublin to do your
degree?
