Dublin Slang, Page 21

More Dublin slang, numbers 801 to 840, most popular first, each with a short meaning. Click any word for examples and a Posh English translation.

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  1. Pigs mickey

    To make a complete mess of something.

  2. Put the mockers on

    To bring bad luck upon something; to jinx.

  3. She'd 2blue eyes,1blue east the other blew west

    She was cross-eyed or had a pronounced squint.

  4. SHOTY

    Smelly hole of the year; a particularly malodorous person.

  5. Car ball

    A warning cry used by children playing football on the road when a vehicle approaches.

  6. Dig the grave

    Rhyming slang for a shave.

  7. Hey jelly baby

    A cheeky, cut-down way of saying hello.

  8. Loada my town halls

    A thoroughly negative or disappointing experience.

  9. Mad thing

    An exceptionally admirable or popular person.

  10. Mallet

    A disparaging term for a person's head, often used when questioning their intelligence.

  11. Pain in the hole

    A thoroughly unpleasant or annoying person.

  12. Parchin

    Extremely thirsty, usually brought on by heat or a severe hangover.

  13. Reefed

    Caught red-handed.

  14. Sevener

    To experience a sudden, explosive outburst of uncontrollable rage.

  15. Sicknar

    Pronounced "siccknaar".

  16. So irriz

    A reinforcing expression appended to a statement.

  17. To 'tear the handle' out of oneself

    To masturbate to excess.

  18. Winetaster

    A person who thinks he knows everything but knows nothing.

  19. Youse

    Plural form of you.

  20. After

    A very flexible expression meaning 'just recently', or 'similar to'.

  21. First on you

    An expression used when requesting the first drag on someone else's cigarette.

  22. Maggots

    Being in a state of Tardive Dysphasia.

  23. Not the full deck of cards

    Not entirely sane or in full possession of one's faculties.

  24. On the kildare side

    Crooked, askew, leaning over.

  25. One another

    Rhyming slang for brother.

  26. Righ'

    Abbreviation of right, meaning ready or prepared.

  27. Rum and butter

    Rhyming slang for diarrhoea.

  28. Saparse

    A foolish, annoying, or utterly useless person.

  29. Shite out of a welly

    A person said to be so indiscriminate they would eat virtually anything.

  30. Thats Goffey!

    Not right or out of place.

  31. Twoie

    A two-litre bottle of cider.

  32. Wouldn't get a hug off a bear

    An extremely unattractive person with no hope of romantic success.

  33. Deadly looking

    Extremely attractive in appearance.

  34. Flee bag

    A thoroughly scruffy, unwashed, or untidy person of questionable hygiene.

  35. Goody, goodie, goody-goody

    A simple snack or light meal for children.

  36. Lookeh!

    An emphatic interjection used to seize the floor during an argument.

  37. Nacker

    To wreck, break or damage something irreparably.

  38. Off your chomp

    Crazy or out of one's mind.

  39. Pin head

    A foolish or irritating person.

  40. Scaramango

    I believe a show of emotion expressing excitement to a person, item, or both!

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