Dublin Slang, Page 6
More Dublin slang, numbers 201 to 240, most popular first, each with a short meaning. Click any word for examples and a Posh English translation.
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A common dialectal term for tea, deeply rooted in working-class parlance.
The act of going out with or courting someone.
A young woman or girl.
Term meaning that a job has been completed, short for the job is oxo.
Accurate, precise, or entirely correct in assessment.
Very bad or terrible.
To strike, hit, or deliver a blow to a person or object.
A bluebottle fly, or to move about frantically; also to become excited or angry.
When someone is in need of sex Or lusts for someone.
Leeway, get your own way, not get away with anything.
Out drinking alcohol with enthusiasm.
A crude retort when asked the whereabouts of another person.
Completely disoriented or out of one's senses as a result of consuming alcohol or drugs.
Any form of infant or small child.
Homework.
To depart from one's current location.
Testicles.
Slang term for ecstasy tablets, popularised by the energetic club scene.
A disreputable type prone to bad deeds.
A bit of money.
A foolish, silly, or slow-witted person.
Excrement or something unpleasant.
A plural form of address for more than one person, used instead of "you'se".
An enquiry as to what one is doing.
A foolish or unintelligent person.
A punch or a box, as in 'I'll give you a dig' or 'he hit him a dig'.
This is used to express some understanding to an answer or statement.
Emotionally devastated, exhausted, or physically wrecked.
Something terrible or awful.
An unpleasant or disagreeable person.
The armpit.
An exclamation of amused disbelief at someone's foolish or surprising actions.
Becoming annoyed or angry.
The cinema.
A derogatory term for a small, insignificant, or pompous little man.
An eejit / dope.
Heavy rain.
A harmlessly foolish or blundering person.
To behave in a foolish or clueless manner.
A severe bout of diarrhoea.