a bit of talent:Â a good-looking person.
a forklift wouldn’t shift her: I’m not kissing her.
a slab of beer:Â a box of 24 bottles of beer.
allergic: can’t stand something/someone.
the Angelus:Â every evening at 6pm in Ireland, there is a minute silence for prayer on the television.
any chance of the ride:Â would you like to have sex with me.
ask me bollox:Â politely no, and leave me alone.
ask the back of me sack: I’m not doing it for you.
as thick as two short planks:Â a stupid person.
ate the box off her:Â cunnilingus.
ate the head off me:Â told me off.
away for slates:Â to do well.
back her into me, Bridie: let’s have sex.
ball-hopper:Â a jokester.
balm out:Â to lie down and relax.
bang on:Â decent person/correct.
bate:Â exhausted.
beor:Â a woman/girl.
the best part of him ran down his mother’s leg: he’s a fool.
biro:Â ink pen.
bluey:Â porno movie.
bog roll:Â toilet roll.
the bog:Â the toilet.
bonnet:Â hood of the car.
boot:Â trunk of the car.
box of fags:Â packet of cigarettes.
box the head off ya:Â I will punch you.
break your melt:Â test your patience.
breast in a bun:Â chicken burger.
bulb off someone:Â look like someone.
Burdizzo:Â castration device.
camogie:Â the female version of Hurling.
chancer:Â an opportunist.
Child of Prague:Â a religious statue farmers place out in a field to encourage good weather (an old Irish superstition).
chipper:Â a restaurant that sells fast food.
Clonamore:Â town next to Ballylaggin.
come here till I kill ya:Â come here and let me hit you.
cooker:Â oven/Stove/Hob.
cop on:Â behave yourself.
corker:Â beautiful woman.
couldn’t get his hole in a polo factory: unlucky in love.
cracking:Â brilliant.
crack on:Â do something/get going.
craic:Â fun.
the craic was ninety:Â Having a lot of fun and banter.
Culchie:Â a person from the countryside or a county outside of Dublin. Usually used as a friendly insult.
cute hoor:Â a clever/slick person.
daft:Â silly.
daft as a brush:Â very silly.
deadly:Â great.
dicky day: children’s allowance day.
did you fla her last night:Â did you sleep with her.
doing a foxer:Â working for cash in hand.
doing a line:Â dating.
dolled up to the nines:Â dressed up and looking good.
don’t be scabby: don’t be mean.
don’t piss down my back and tell me it’s raining: don’t lie to me.
dosser:Â someone not doing what they should be doing.
drive on:Â keep going.
Dub:Â a person from Dublin.
eejit:Â fool/idiot.
‘een’: added to the end of your name, usually by older relatives, ie; Johneen, Jackeen, Juleen, Mikeen, Tadhgeen.
era/yerra:Â dismissing something.
Fair City:Â popular Irish television soap.
fair fucks to ya:Â well done.
fair play:Â nice one.
fanny:Â vagina.
the fear:Â waking up with a hangover
feeking:Â having sex.
feeling raw:Â feeling poorly.
feis:Â a tradition Gaelic arts and culture festival/event.
fla:Â an attractive person.
fortnight:Â two weeks.
frigit:Â someone who has never been kissed.
funt up the hole:Â kick up the ass.
GAA:Â Gaelic Athletic Association.
gaff:Â house.
Gardaà SÃochána: Irish police force.
Garda:Â policeman.
gas:Â funny.
gas man:Â funny man.
gatting:Â drinking.
getting the ride:Â having sex.
get your hole:Â have sex.
give us a sconce:Â let me see it.
the goolies:Â the testicles.
geebag:Â derogatory word for a woman.
giving out:Â scolding/complaining.
gobshite:Â fool/idiot.
godloon sham:Â good lord man.
going halves on a bastard:Â Having unprotected sex.
gowel:Â stupid person.
grinds:Â Tutoring.
hatchet craic:Â Great fun.
haunted:Â lucky.
haven’t seen ya in yonks/donkeys years: I haven’t seen you in a long time.
he didn’t lick it off a stone: he’s like his family.
he got a ration of passion last night: didn’t go all the way.
he slipped her the mickey last night:Â he had sex with her last night.
he thinks he’s the dogs bollocks: he loves himself.
he’d drink it out of a wellington boot: an alcoholic.
he’d drink the cross off a donkey: a heavy drinker.
he’d rob the eye out of your head and piss in the hole: don’t trust him.
he’s A1: he’s a lovely person.
he hasn’t hands to bless himself: he’s clumsy.
he’s some me feiner: he’s self-absorbed.
hole:Â often said instead of ass/bottom.
houl your whisht:Â stop talking.
how bad: that’s good.
how’s a bit of your father: let’s have sex.
how’s your belly for a lodger: having unprotected sex.
hup out dat:Â good job, keep going.
hurling:Â a hugely popular, amateur Irish sport played with wooden hurleys and sliotars.
hurry up, will ya? my nan’s faster than ya and she’s ten years dead: speed up.
I hope you die roaring: I don’t like you.
I was christened, not pissed on:Â call me by my name.
I will in my hole, Jack Shea:Â I absolutely will not.
I will yeah: I absolutely won’t.
I wouldn’t kick him out of bed for eating a bag of crisps: he’s attractive.
I wouldn’t give ya the steam off my piss: I don’t like you.
I wouldn’t get up on him to get over a wall: an unattractive man.
I wouldn’t ride ya into battle: I don’t find you attractive.
I’d rather shit in my hands and clap: I’m not doing it.
I’ll lamp him: I’ll hit him.
I’ll leave your face like a painter’s radio: fellatio.
I’ll let you go: I’m finished talking to you.
I’ll redden your hole for ya: I will slap you.
I’m scarlet for ya: I’m embarrassed for you.
I’ve a crow to pluck with ya: you’re in trouble with me.
if he fell into a barrel of tits, he’d come out sucking his thumb: he’s unlucky
if I’d a garden full of mickeys, I wouldn’t let her look over the wall: I’m not attracted to her.
if there was work in the bed, he’d sleep on the floor: lazy person.
if wit was shit you’d be constipated: you’re not funny.
if you fall off that wall and break your legs, don’t come running to me: a mother’s warning not to do something stupid.
Jackeen:Â a person from Dublin. A term sometimes used by people from other counties in Ireland to refer to a person from Dublin.
the jacks:Â the bathroom.
jagging:Â hooking up but not yet in a committed relationship.
jammy:Â lucky.
jammiest:Â luckiest.
jocks: men’s boxer shorts.
jointed:Â a crowded place.
junior cert: the compulsory state exam you take in third year—midway through your six-year cycle of secondary school.
jumper:Â sweater.
kip:Â messy place.
kit off/tog off:Â change into or out of training clothes.
knickers: women’s underwear.
langer:Â idiot.
langers:Â group of idiots and/or to be extremely drunk.
laying pipe:Â having sex.
leaving cert:Â the compulsory state exam you take in your final year of secondary school.
leg it:Â run.
liathroidi:Â testicles.
lifted:Â arrested.
like shit out of a goose:Â moving fast.
living over the brush:Â living together but not married.
lurching:Â wrapped around someone at the disco.
mank/manky:Â something disgusting.
massive:Â beautiful
meeting:Â kissing.
messages:Â groceries.
mickey ring:Â condom
mickey/willy:Â penis.
mind the pennies and the pounds will mind themselves:Â save your money.
minerals/fizzy drinks:Â soft drinks
mog:Â an ugly person/stupid person.
mope:Â idiot.
nearly never bulled a cow: nearly doesn’t cut it.
not a hope: I’m not doing that.
now you’re taking the hand: asking for too much.
odd with someone:Â being annoyed.
off your rocker:Â crazy person.
old doll/aul doll:Â wife/girlfriend.
on the hop:Â skipping school.
on the lash:Â on a night out drinking.
on the piss:Â going out drinking.
poitÃn:Â Irish version of moonshine/illegal, home-brewed alcohol.
pound shop:Â dollar store.
poxy:Â lucky.
press:Â cabinet.
primary school: elementary school—junior infants to sixth class.
playschool:Â pre-school/nursery.
junior infants:Â equivalent to kindergarten.
senior infants:Â equivalent to second year of kindergarten.
first class:Â equivalent to first grade.
second class:Â equivalent to second grade.
third class:Â equivalent to third grade.
fourth class:Â equivalent to fourth grade.
fifth class:Â equivalent to fifth grade.
sixth class:Â equivalent to sixth grade.
puking your ring out:Â vomiting.
pure:Â very.
pure daycent:Â excellent.
pure scanty:Â extremely mean.
rank:Â not good.
raw baby:Â a brand-new baby.
Rebel County:Â nickname for County Cork.
relax. Johnny’s got ya covered: condom.
ridey:Â a good-looking person.
Rolos:Â popular brand of chocolate.
rosary, removal, burial:Â the three days of a Catholic funeral in Ireland.
runners:Â trainers/sneakers.
Sacred Heart: the name of Shannon, Joey, Darren, Claire, Caoimhe, Lizzie, Tadhg, Ollie, Podge, and Alec’s mixed primary school.
same mare, different jockey:Â same mother, different fathers.
sap:Â sad/pathetic.
scaldy:Â something disgusting.
scanty:Â doing something mean.
Scoil Eoin: the name of Johnny, Gibsie, Feely, Hughie, and Kevin’s all-boys primary school.
scoring:Â kissing.
scut:Â rascal.
secondary school: high school—first year to sixth year.
first year:Â equivalent to seventh grade.
second year:Â equivalent to eighth grade.
third year:Â equivalent to ninth grade.
fourth year:Â transition year, equivalent to tenth grade.
fifth year:Â equivalent to eleventh grade.
sixth year:Â equivalent to twelfth grade.
septic:Â someone horrible/vain.
sesh:Â drinking session in a bar/house party with music.
shades:Â police.
she’d get up on a gust of wind: a promiscuous woman.
she didn’t get those knees from saying prayers: promiscuous woman.
she’d rip up the floorboards to get a bit of pipe: a promiscuous woman.
she’d talk the hind legs off a donkey: a chatterbox.
she had a face like a jockey’s bollocks, but you don’t look at the mantelpiece when you’re poking the fire: she was unattractive, but I still went for it.
shift/shifting:Â kissing.
shifting jackets:Â lucky piece of clothing, usually a jacket, when trying to pick up a girl.
shook:Â feeling sick/hungover.
shook like a hand at mass:Â trembling.
skip the fancy stuff and horse it into me:Â skip foreplay and have sex.
skitting:Â laughing.
solicitor:Â lawyer.
sound:Â another way to say cheers/a decent person.
spanner:Â idiot.
spuds:Â potatoes.
stall the ball:Â hold on.
stick your mickey in your ear and shag some sense into yourself:Â cop on.
stop crying or I’ll give ya something to cry about: a mother’s warning.
strop:Â mood-swing/pouting/sulking.
St. Bernadette’s: the name of Aoife, Casey, and Katie’s all-girls primary school.
St. Stephen’s Day: Boxing Day/December 26th.
swot:Â nerd/academically gifted.
take a gander:Â take a look/walk.
that’s mint: that’s cool.
that’s the berries: that’s great.
there’s fierce taspy on that fella: that boy is a rascal.
the tide wouldn’t take her out: an ugly person.
turn on the heating:Â turn on the central heating in the house.
up the pole/poled:Â pregnant.
wedding tackle:Â penis.
well, fuck me sideways: I’m shocked.
wellies:Â rubber boots worn in the rain.
what’s on the menu? breakfast, lunch, and dinner: cunnilingus.
wheelie bin:Â trash can.
where ya born in a field:Â close the door.
whisht:Â be quiet.
will you go away with him:Â will you kiss him.
will you meet my friend:Â will you kiss my friend.
will you shift her:Â will you kiss her.
wise up:Â behave yourself
with his lad out:Â with his penis on display.
yer:Â your.
yer wan would get up on a razor blade:Â a promiscuous woman.
yoke:Â thing.
yolk:Â nickname for an illegal drug.
you big, feckless eejit:Â you are stupid.
you made a balls of it:Â you messed it up.
you make a good door but a bad window:Â get out of my way.
you put the heart crossways in me:Â you scared me.
you’re about as useful as tits on a bull: calling someone useless.
you’re as tight as a duck’s hole: you’re stingy.
your wan:Â that woman.
