Cat

adj.

Heard in Dublin, Armagh, Donegal, Waterford, Wicklow, Antrim, Wexford, Tipperary and Cork

Very bad or of very poor quality.

In use

...That was a bleedin cat fillim.

Posh English

That was a singularly dreadful motion picture.

Same phrase, other counties

  • Cat melodeonAwful, terrible, very bad. Often just left as 'cat'. Sounds like 'melojen'.
  • Cat malojanHaving undesirable or negative qualities. Cat is also used in Armagh / Sligo and other…
  • Cat melojenDescribing something utterly atrocious, ancient, or of dreadfully poor quality. Melojen…
  • Pure catExtremely poor quality, dreadful, or awful.
  • Cat malogenOutrageous, terrible or very bad.
  • Cat malojinVery bad or awful.