Fookin hill

n.

Heard in Kerry

An exclamation of sudden pain, dismay, or acute annoyance.

In use

Fookin hill my toe is throbbing after clatterin the leg of the table!

Posh English

How perfectly ghastly, my digit is throbbing after I collided with the furniture!

  • Hill BillyA derogatory term for someone who lives in a rural area up the hill.
  • The hillThe town centre housing area on Holborn Hill and Barrack Street in Sligo.
  • The pike hillA steep hill near Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.
  • Bunkers hillA steep incline or decline, depending on which way your looking.
  • Like water off a hillIn great abundance and at considerable speed.
  • Over the hillA person from County Waterford, especially from Cappoquin or Lismore.