Cork Slang, Page 20

More Cork slang, numbers 761 to 800, most popular first, each with a short meaning. Click any word for examples and a Posh English translation.

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  1. Sayeriously like!

    An expression of incredulity: are you being serious?

  2. Shite or a heartburn

    Uncertainty whether one's stomach discomfort is due to needing the lavatory…

  3. Smoke off dat after you

    To claim the remaining puffs on a cigarette once another has finished with it.

  4. Spadgey

    A fool or idiot.

  5. The wheels always turning

    Your turn will come.

  6. Cewal

    Cool; excellent or impressive.

  7. Double ditch

    A description of someone exceptionally stupid or slow-witted.

  8. Dowtcha

    I would not doubt you; expression of agreement or encouragement.

  9. Durt

    A hearty meal of chips or takeaway food after a night of drinking.

  10. Dutchie

    A favoured alcoholic beverage in the Leeside area of Cork.

  11. Foxy napper

    A red-haired boy or young man.

  12. Gshaft

    A woman's private part.

  13. Mangles

    A nickname given to someone with a notably large head.

  14. Sausage in batter

    A battered sausage, a simple but beloved Cork delicacy traditionally enjoyed late…

  15. The park

    Pairc Ui Chaoimh.

  16. Ya know like

    A filler phrase commonly uttered by people from Cork.

  17. Drain the poppies

    To urinate.

  18. Haney

    A person from the Ballyphehane area on the south side of Cork.

  19. Pie

    A Cork term for a potato cake sold in a chipper.

  20. Ping

    Sexual intercourse.

  21. Pres

    A popular abbreviation for Presentation Brothers College.

  22. Rock like a chicken

    An expression of high praise for someone's cool or stylish demeanour.

  23. Shambuachaill

    Someone who thinks rather too highly of themselves.

  24. Taspy

    Energy or high spirits.

  25. To put the kybosh on

    To put an end to something, to terminate or stymie.

  26. Arite!

    An exclamation of sheer delight, approval, or triumphant celebration.

  27. As far as turn back

    Very Politely tell a person where you are going without telling them!

  28. Bare assed

    Completely naked or bare.

  29. Dry shite

    A dull, boring or tedious person.

  30. Floored

    To knock someone to the ground, especially with a punch.

  31. Fook

    A Cork pronunciation and frequent substitute for "fucking" when angry.

  32. Goodie

    Bread and sugar soaked in hot milk, a simple comforting dish.

  33. He couldn't hold a fuck fest in a hoor hus

    A person so incompetent they could not organise even the simplest of events.

  34. Hello missus

    A form of greeting addressed to a woman.

  35. Hummin'

    Emitting a thoroughly foul, sweaty, or unwashed personal odour.

  36. I'll burst ya

    A threat to hit or beat someone up.

  37. I'm gone doolalee

    To have become a bit crazy or absent-minded.

  38. Jammie dodger

    A lucky stroke or a fortunate escape, sometimes applied to a slippery character.

  39. Paraletic

    Extremely intoxicated.

  40. Puce for turkey

    Extremely red faced.

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