Derry Slang, Page 2
More Derry slang, numbers 41 to 80, most popular first, each with a short meaning. Click any word for examples and a Posh English translation.
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Dirty or filthy.
Ecstasy tablets.
An erection.
My mother.
A command to walk on, beat it, or simply continue about one's business.
A predicament or difficult situation.
A person living on social welfare payments.
A suggestive hand gesture resembling sawing, indicating sexual interest.
Away with you, feck off etc.
Children or young ones, spoken with a distinctive northern cadence.
Female genitalia.
Derry City speak for "Well Worths", a long extinct supermarket chain.
Used to describe someone or something that is smelly, ugly or dirty.
Extremely intoxicated or under the influence of drugs.
Woolworths department store.
An instruction to cop on, stop acting the fool, and talk some sense.
Stick.
Look at you, you thief.
Long winded way of saying "over there", usually accompanied by vague finger pointing.
Your head is a marble, meaning do not be stupid.
Stands for Typical Tyrone Mouth.
Deeply embroiled or hopelessly stuck in a difficult situation or debt.
An insulting term for a person who wears spectacles.
Derry Living Allowance.
Quite or rather; to a notable degree.
Very.
An exclamation used to signify success or that things are going well.
Of extremely poor quality, dreadful, or thoroughly awful.
A foolish, annoying, or socially inept male.
A contraction of 'what is the craic'.
Yes; also used at intervals while listening to a tedious speaker.
Used in place of "good" to mean fine or satisfactory.
A common emphatic particle with no specific semantic content.
Mortified or deeply embarrassed on someone else's behalf.
To strike, punch, or deliver a heavy blow to someone.
"Craic" has a couple of very broad meanings.
A lazy person, usually male.
A large quantity or generous abundance of something.
A casual term of address inserted when speaking to someone.
Small in size, extent, or degree; often used affectionately in speech.