Donegal Slang, Page 5
More Donegal slang, numbers 161 to 200, most popular first, each with a short meaning. Click any word for examples and a Posh English translation.
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One's father or male parent.
Easy or at a careful pace, as in take it handy.
Money.
To splash or spray liquid about.
A woman or girl, often used colloquially in the southern counties.
Ants.
Extremely drunk; full of alcohol after a heavy drinking session.
Low temperature or the common cold.
Unreasonably stubborn, contrary, or obstinate.
Tragic or uncool.
Being in a foul temper, irritable, or angry.
A mischievous, annoying child or general nuisance.
Feeble or lacking in strength.
A person guilty of caressing the anus of a person of perceived higher social status.
Against.
An affectionate term for a young woman, girl, or children.
A peat bog or stretch of waterlogged moorland used for cutting turf.
An insult used to describe someone with a larger than average head.
You are rather conceited or full of yourself.
A situation or enterprise that has deteriorated from bad to worse.
Drawing water on there on mill
Used when a person does something to benefit others but aslo benefit themself from it.
To get some sleep.
The past tense of sell, meaning to have parted with an item for money.
A very small portion or sip of something, usually a drink.
To hold or wait a moment.
A greeting.
A person with an unusually large head.
A regional verb meaning to have or possess.
A lively party, celebration, or session of good craic.
A swift or fast drive in a car.
A person of low intelligence or one who appears lazy, half-asleep and not fully alert.
An annoying person or someone one dislikes.
To converse or chat away idly with someone.
A phonetic spelling of the preposition to, indicating direction or destination.
To remember something or call it to mind.
A large quantity or abundance of something.
An older person dressed in the style of much younger folk in an attempt to appear…
A foolish or objectionable fellow, especially one acting the fool or the nuisance.
Used to describe a location miles from the nearest town.
To berate or give out to someone.