Dublin Slang, Page 11
More Dublin slang, numbers 401 to 440, most popular first, each with a short meaning. Click any word for examples and a Posh English translation.
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Take it easy.
A pair of small, pert breasts.
Slang term for shillings (old Irish currency).
Lacking the slightest idea, clue, or understanding of a situation.
To physically assault or beat someone severely.
Horses, especially racehorses.
To act as a sentry or lookout, especially during illegal or subversive activity.
Nuttier than a squirrels shyte
Describes a person who is profoundly irrational, eccentric.
A packet of crisps.
Extremely intoxicated from consuming an excess of alcohol.
To reprimand or tear a strip off someone.
Testicles.
Beers.
A person who spoils the fun or dampens the mood.
Rhyming slang for flared trousers.
Stop talking nonsense or stop going on about it.
Embarking on a heavy, multi-day drinking session.
A mildly derogatory term used in south Wexford for people from the Bannow area.
Prominent or erect nipples.
Massively drunk, having consumed far too much alcohol.
A person whose face is covered in freckles.
Someone so ugly, even the tide wouldn't take them out.
An expression of utter exasperation or disbelief.
The anus.
Describing a woman who is visibly or noticeably pregnant.
A casual greeting asking what is happening.
Breakfast.
Chugger is a combination of the words charity and mugger.
A humorous term for female genitalia.
Dublinese for 'in a minute' meaning, 'yes, some time quite soon'.
Occupying, distracting or delaying someone.
A seagull.
To joke or tease someone; also known as taking the piss.
So inebriated as to be slurring one's words.
To express a strong desire to strike someone.
The plural form of address for a group of people.
An abbreviation for "Ah Jaysus howye", often used to refer to a northsider from Dublin.
A derogatory term for a rural person.
A rather tasteless reference to a lady wearing crotchless panties.
To be caught blatantly or red-handed, usually while engaged in mischief.