Dublin Slang, Page 22

More Dublin slang, numbers 841 to 880, most popular first, each with a short meaning. Click any word for examples and a Posh English translation.

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  1. Shite in the bucket

    Someone who isn't physically able to shite normally.

  2. Whoaful

    A very strong and disgusting smell.

  3. 1-Er bag

    A one-hundred euro bag of cannabis.

  4. Box the head off

    To badly beat a person, particularly about the face and head.

  5. Flix

    The local cinema or picture house.

  6. Laughed at

    Played a joke on.

  7. Lego

    Ugly, in bits, or badly put together.

  8. Potatoe pickers

    People from the country; rural folk.

  9. Short

    A small measure of spirits such as whisky or vodka.

  10. Show us your Hula Hoop

    Would you be so kind as to bend over and show us your bottom?

  11. Slinge

    To walk in a leisurely, lazy or reluctantly slow manner.

  12. Smelly gee

    A dirty or unhygienic person.

  13. Up to me tits

    Very busy.

  14. Utterly butterly

    An emphatic intensifier meaning extremely or thoroughly.

  15. Youn'fla

    A young fellow or lad.

  16. An incompetent scrotal component

    An insult implying the target is useless or incompetent at a particular task.

  17. Dineros

    Money, from 'roberts' meaning 'bobs', derived from the film actor Robert De Niro.

  18. Fagin

    A man's penis.

  19. Full shilling

    Not entirely mentally sound or intelligent.

  20. Gin & lime

    The exact time of day, via rhyming slang.

  21. Jazz bands

    A person's hands.

  22. Lobs

    A term used by children as a lookout warning, standing for 'look out boys'.

  23. Mince pie

    Rhyming slang for an eye.

  24. More meat on an x-ray

    A description of an extremely thin person.

  25. Mortaleer

    Used to describe when one did something seen as bad, as in a mortal sin.

  26. Oh my cock

    An emphatic exclamation of shock or amazement.

  27. Pegit

    To run away after causing mischief, especially when the authorities are approaching.

  28. Roaster

    Someone of an agricultural persuasion.

  29. Shaven haven

    A woman whose genital area is completely shaved.

  30. Single

    One bag of chips or french fries.

  31. Snared

    Caught red-handed or in the act of doing something wrong.

  32. Tallafornia pram springs

    Tallaght, Dublin.

  33. Blacker

    A particular public house in Coolock, formerly known as the Black Sheep.

  34. Donkey wholloper

    A disparaging term for a person from outside a city.

  35. Face like a smacked arse

    An expression used to describe someone or something with an unpleasant appearance.

  36. Feed a gargle

    A large intake of alcohol.

  37. Like a bucket of smashed crabs

    Uncomplimentary term referring to the face, very ugly.

  38. Navel gazer

    Somebody who thinks a lot but never follows through and does anything.

  39. Not a patch on you

    Not nearly as good as you.

  40. On me tobler

    A play on Toblerone.

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