Cutting turf

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Heard in Waterford

Euphemism describing the act of defecating, metaphorically speaking. Otherwise known as taking a good hard shyte for oneself. This particular expression is used when the excrement is of a particularly large and solid nature.

Pass us over a dog leaf there Paddy, I'm after cutting a serious amount of turf over here.

Posh English

Hand me a suitable leaf there, Patrick, for I have just deposited a remarkably substantial stool in the bushes.

Related terms

• Shyte-hawkA gobshyte, often used to describe someone with a large cranium, metaphorically speaking.
• CuttingUsed in various greetings instead of going.
• How is she cuttingHow are things going? Also: a greeting equivalent to asking how one is getting on.
• Goin on the turf patrolSmoking cannabis in a bog with rural friends.
• Have a head like a lump of wet turfTo be very ugly.
• How's your granny for turfA greeting meaning "how are you". Also used, somewhat improbably, as a chat-up line.