Fag

n.

Heard in Dublin, Limerick and Donegal

A cigarette. A standard term for a smoke across the capital.

In use

I popped down to da corner shop to buy twenty fags and a paper.

Posh English

I strolled down to the corner shop to acquire twenty cigarettes and a journal.

Same phrase, other counties

  • Can I bum a fag?It means could I please borrow one of your cigarettes... bum meaning to borrow and fag…
  • Drag of d fagA single inhalation of smoke from a cigarette.
  • Spare fagA polite request for a spare cigarette.
  • SkinThe last of your fag. Also: Approximately 15% of the remainder of your cigarette.or half…
  • SmokeA cigarette.
  • Smoke off dat after youTo claim the remaining puffs on a cigarette once another has finished with it.