Dublin Slang, Page 16
More Dublin slang, numbers 601 to 640, most popular first, each with a short meaning. Click any word for examples and a Posh English translation.
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Half an ounce of heroin.
A very short skirt; only inches from the hare (hair!).
Extremely cold or chilled to the bone.
Masturbating.
A young man who dresses and attempts to behave like a scoundrel but lacks authenticity.
Slagging: teasing, mocking or banter, giving someone a hard time in fun.
Trousers.
An elaborate, colourful blasphemous exclamation of utter astonishment.
A Richard the Third: a turd, a piece of excrement.
An alternative expression to "piss off" or "go wank up a tree", an invitation to leave.
To be unable to manage or accomplish something.
Another way of saying dirt bird, meaning a disgusting or contemptible person.
A considerable quantity of alcoholic drink.
Someone who puts on a performance or acts the fool purely for the amusement of friends…
The very best; the absolute pinnacle.
Scar.
North Dublin pronunciation and shorthand for "up".
A pint of beer.
A pocket in one's trousers or coat, particularly rhyming slang.
Rhyming slang for 'fart', meaning (v): to blow off wind from the anus.
When somebody is exposed, caught out or found out.
Slang word for fun, involving alcohol and music.
Croke Park stadium in Dublin, headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association.
A thoroughly foolish or annoying person.
A simplified or tourist-friendly version of Dublin slang.
A girl wearing trousers, in old-fashioned parlance.
The police, also known as the gardai.
A wood pigeon.
A fight between two people arranged to settle a dispute.
Goes in one ear and out the other
Said of information or advice that is quickly forgotten or fails to register.
A derogatory nickname for an ugly person, especially a male, evoking the gurnard.
A party.
Food or grub, typically something hearty to cure the hunger.
To hitch a ride on the back of a lorry or cart.
An insult implying one would copulate with anything that has legs.
A low-class or disreputable woman; sometimes a prostitute.
A disposable lighter.
To floor somebody is to strike them so they fall to the ground.
Navigating one's way home after a skinful of drink by following the warm packet of chips…
An extremely large number; also zillions.